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Goblet of Fire's POV

The Goblet of Fire, while being a magical Artifact was rather annoyed. Thanks to the job it had been given when it was created, to choose Champions from the three main Magical Schools in Europe it had gained a form of Sentience. This was down to the Goblet having to interface with all three of the schools when it was in use to choose the best champion to take part in the Triwizard Tournament. Usually, the Goblet's biggest problem while doing its job was choosing between several students who had fulfilled the criteria that it had been given to select as a Champion. Granted it might be a little rusty at its normal function since it had been over a century since it had last fulfilled its purpose, but something was different this time. As it had been in storage before being brought forth at the start of the tournament, the Goblet had interfaced with another Sentient Magical Artifact in the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.

The Goblet suspected that the current Headteacher of Hogwarts was unaware that the Goblet could interface with the Sorting Hat while being held in the Warded chest that it was in. If the teacher did, they most likely would not have brought the two Sentient Magical Artifacts together. As the Goblet interfaced with the Sorting Hat it learned that ever since the current Headteacher had taken up their post at Hogwarts, they had placed enchantments on the Hat. The enchantments forced the Sorting Hat to place blocks on every student it interacted with thus preventing any student at Hogwarts from going through a Creature Inheritance. The Blocks the Hat had been forced to place on every student during their Sorting were so powerful that they did not even appear during any medical or bank test performed on the person. The Goblet also learned in recent years that the Headteacher had placed more enchantments on the Sorting Hat which forced it to place several students in the wrong House.

Normally the Goblet would have been unable to do anything with this bit of information it had learned from the Sorting Hat, but when the Goblet itself had enchantments placed on it, the pair of artifacts decided to correct what had been happening. The Goblet had felt the first enchantment placed around it as an unnecessary Age Line was put in place. The Goblet knew that the enchantment had not been needed since it had been created never to pick a Champion who was underage to compete anyway. It put the Age Line down to the fact that it had been so long since it had been in use that maybe the Headteachers of the three schools had forgotten about that restriction. But as a second enchantment had been placed on it.  One that would force it to not only pick a Fourth Champion but one that was under age the Goblet had had enough.

After the second enchantment had been placed on it, the Goblet interfaced with the Hogwarts Sorting Hat which allowed the Goblet to form a stronger connection with the powerful and almost Pseudo-Sentient Magic of Hogwarts Castle to help itself and the students at Hogwarts. The process of gathering enough magical strength from Hogwarts to perform a school-wide cleansing took the Goblet from when it had the second enchantment placed on it to when it was picking the Champions.

Normal POV

The Great Hall roared with applause as Cedric Diggory was named Hogwarts Champion. The Hufflepuff Seventh Year smiled and waved to several students as he made his way out of the Hall to join the other Champions. "Yes, very good, Mr. Diggory congratulations," Dumbledore said as the student passed him. "Now for everyone else who was not chosen as a Champion, you still have a very important job to do. You need to cheer for the Champions as they compete in the tournament..." Dumbledore trailed off as he and the rest of the hall turned to look at the Goblet of Fire.

Rather than the flames going out, they began to sputter in various colors as the Goblet began to bounce around a little on its pedestal. As the bouncing became more erratic Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tried to cast a spell to turn the Goblet off since its job was over. Rather than reverting to its resting state, however, the fire in the Goblet began to bubble which confused the people close enough to see the flames acting like water. Dumbledore tried again casting a Finite Incantem Maxima on the artifact. As the light from the spell hit the Goblet, a wave of energy was released hitting everyone in the Great Hall. For the visiting students and several people, the wave just felt like a cool breeze playing across their skin, but when the wave came in contact with anyone who had Blocks placed on them by the Sorting Hat there were usually screams of pain.

Harry was one such person, as the wave of magic caused him to double over when his scalp and skin felt as if they had been dunked into ice-cold water. Harry whose short life had been filled with more pain than most adults had ever experienced, screamed as the block on his Creature Blood was removed. Unlike others in his year, since the enchantments on the Goblet had forced him to become a Champion, thus making him of age, Harry was forced through his inheritance rather than have it happen when he reached his Majority at age Seventeen. Ron and Hermione who had been sitting beside him, and had also felt some pain as their Blocks were removed wanted to reach out to see if he was okay.  But they just ended up watching as Harry's body spasmed in pain. He was not the only one, as any Hogwarts students who were of age and had their blocks removed also found their creature bursting free of their bodies.

Even the staff were not immune, since apart from Flitwick most had been students at Hogwarts after Albus had placed the enchantments on the Sorting Hat. Snape screamed as if parts of his back were being flayed off of him and his mouth had been punched by a giant. McGonagall's body contorted as if her body was made of silly putty in the hands of an over-excited child. Trelawney, while she was not in the Great Hall, screamed as her mind seemed to explode as the Seerer gift she claimed to have full control of finally took root.

Dumbledore had also been affected, though he had not screamed in pain, since he had blocked his creature side himself. Seeing creatures emerge among the students and staff, Dumbledore quickly cast a spell on himself to block his Creature Side again before anyone noticed them. Those who had seen the ears and tail of what looked like a Coyote sprouting out of the Headmaster's body thought they must have imagined it.   Since the ears and tail disappeared while the other features remained in place on everyone else whose Blocks had been Cleansed.

When the pain coursing through his body finally subsided and he was able to sit up again, Harry blanched as he looked into the worried faces of his two best friends. "Are you okay, Mate?" Ron asked but Harry was distracted by Ron's eyes which appeared to be utterly black with no sign of a pupil or iris making Harry think of a demon in human form. Hermione, on the other hand, appeared to have a pair of Coyote ears sprouting from the top of her head.

"Harry?" she asked when he did not respond to Ron.

"What is going on with your eyes and your ears?" he asked them. Ron and Hermione looked at each other in confusion.

"What do you mean?  We did not change, you did," Hermione said sounding confused.

"I changed?" Harry asked. Hermione cast a transfiguration spell on a clean napkin into a small mirror and gave it to him. "What the?" Harry said as he took in his reflection. His usual rat's nest of hair was gone as well of his natural color. In its place was a mane of black locks which hung down his back. Using the hand not holding the mirror, Harry reached to touch his back and found his hair reached at least to his waist. Harry's eyes also changed as they were no longer vivid green but pure white with silver and gold flecks in them. It took him a moment to realize his face also appeared to be smoother and more angular than before. As Harry tilted his head to get a better look at the changes that had come over his face his mane of hair shifted revealing his ears had become pointed as well.

Harry was not the only one taking in their new look as no one was paying attention to the Goblet anymore with everyone taking in their creature sides or those now present in the people around them. Albus growled as he looked around the hall seeing all the disgusting creatures who had been unshackled. He could not understand how the wave of magic from the Goblet had undone years of work in a matter of moments. He always hated being a creature so he blocked it as soon as he could.

Back when he became Headmaster he made sure that no student who had a creature would be able to go through an inheritance again. The only creature he had allowed in since then had been Remus Lupin but that had only been due to Lord and Lady Lupin giving him control of the Lupin family seats in the Wizaengamot. As Albus had the Hat Block all Creature Inheritances from happening for so long he had not known who would go through them.

Clutching the bit of parchment the Goblet had shot out after the wave of magic, Albus ground his teeth seeing his weapon, his right-hand woman, and Severus were all disgusting creatures. It seemed that just like the joke, Albus had heard from some Gryffindors, Snape's creature was a Vampire. Minerva based on a tattoo that appeared on her arms and how flexible she now was seemed to have become a Dijin. But it was his weapon that surprised Albus the most. He had some old memories of the Potters having an inheritance of High Elves, but Harry's hair was all wrong. Most High Elves had blonde or silver hair not pitch black, making him wonder if Lily had come from a Squib Line with another nasty creature in it.

While disgusted that his weapon had become a nasty beast, Albus could not help but admire the slight change in Harry's body. The brat no longer looked emaciated but was now gifted, or cursed since it came from being a beast, to have a slim and sinuous body. The Potter Elfish part did seem to come into play as the brat seemed a little aetherial even sitting down. Deciding to read the name off the paper, so he could send everyone to bed sooner, Albus looked down and saw Harry's name on the bit of parchment.

"HARRY POTTER," Albus screamed making everyone look up to him again rather than at all the Beast in the hall. "GET UP HERE HARRY, THE GOBLET, CHOOSE YOU AS A CHAMPION." The only issue with his pronouncement, was while distracting everyone from the other Beast in the hall it made everyone turn to look at his weapon and see he had also changed. "NOW HARRY," Albus thundered when the brat did not leave his seat.

Albus nearly pulled out his wand to summon the brat to him only to see his granddaughter force Harry out of his seat and push him toward Albus. Albus tried to keep a friendly look on his face, rather than a sneer at his changed weapon as the brat walked slowly up to him. As the brat got closer, Albus' heart sank as he saw that not only had the Blocks on inheritance come undone but the spell that forced Harry to be sent to Gryffindor had also been messed with.  On the front of Harry's robes rather than the Gryffindor crest with the lion roaring from the middle of a red "G", there was a snake coiled around a large green "S." "Through there, Harry," Albus said through gritted teeth as he indicated the door the other Champions had gone through.  As the bratty freak hesitated for a moment, Albus cast a spell on his weapon to place a Glamor on his robes so it looked like Harry was still a member of Gryffindor House.

Harry did not know what was going on as he left the Gryffindor table and found that his walk had also changed making him feel as if he was floating rather than walking towards the Headmaster. He tried to keep his focus on the Headmaster but he noticed that the same type of ears that had been on Hermione's head was also on the Headmaster's head. Harry shot a look back at Hermione to confirm this making him take in more of the students. Harry's gaze was instantly drawn to the rest of the Weasleys.

Unlike Ron whose only change had been his eyes, Fred seemed to have gotten a pair of fox-like ears as well as a tail, while Geroge had a pair of large black wings sprouting out of his back. Of the Weasleys at the school, Ginny had the strangest change happen to her as two grayish horns were now growing out of her head. The horns were curled backward and from the angle, he was at appeared to create the shape of a heart in the negative space between them. Her eyes were not black like Ron's but appeared to have heart shapes in them. Noticing him looking at her, Ginny gave him a smile revealing that her teeth had become pointed as if they were fangs.

Harry quickly looked away as a wave of repulsion passed over him as he found his gaze lingering on the Slytherin table. Harry found his feet coming to a stop as he looked over at Draco who had a pair of large white wings and a golden glow making his rival appear to look like an angel. Beside Draco, there was a tall dark-skinned boy whose hair seemed to have changed color to pure silver and stretched down his back as far as Harry's now did. On Draco's other side was a pale boy who seemed to have gossamer wings fluttering behind him. Noticing Harry looking at them Draco sneered which seemed out of place on the face of an angel.

Shaking his head, Harry turned back to the front of the hall and trying not to look at anyone else entered the side door. He found Krum and the French girl leaning over Cedric who was sitting on the floor holding his knees. At least Harry assumed it was Cedric since every inch of flesh was now covered in dark brown fur. "What has happened?" the French girl asked seeing him enter.

"I don't know," Harry answered truthfully. "Though it seems I was chosen to become a Triwizard Champion."

"That would not have caused this," the girl said nodding to Cedric.

"You are right, Heiress Delacour," a voice said from behind Harry making him turn to find a Goblin entering the room.

"Master Goblin, what is going on?" the girl asked.

"A few moments ago the nearest branch of Gringotts got an alert that the Goblet of Fire acting in concert with Hogwarts Castle released a Cleansing Wave. From the notice, it seemed the wave removed blocks that numerous inhabitants of Hogwarts had on their Creature Inheritance. I was called to come to Hogwarts and find out what fully happened as well as let everyone who had gone through an inheritance know what creature they have become. Such as Heir Diggory who has become a True Werewolf."

"A Werewolf? Cedric asked, his voice cracking a little. "But it is not even a full moon?"

"You are thinking of a turned Werewolf whose form is a curse that activates only with certain lunar light frequencies. A True Werewolf can change at will and will keep their mind during the change. You, on the other hand, Heir Potter are a different story."

"What am I? I mean I have pointed ears like the Muggles believe Elves have but they don't look like that in the Magical World."

"From what I know of your family you would be a High Elf but no High Elf has that color of hair not to mention your eyes," the Goblin said peering deep into Harry's eyes making the other Champions look at them as well. "I will just have to do a full test to be sure," the Goblin said pulling out a twisted bit of wood and rock that resembled a wand and waving it over Harry's form. Some parchment began to print out of the goblin wand which was ripped off when it was finished as the Goblin shared, "Well, it seems you are a High Elf but one that has evolved thanks to Death Touch making you into a High Dark Elf."

"Does that explain my eyes?" Harry asked thinking a Dark Elf would have to do with his new pitch-black hair.

"No, it does not, but according to this you now have both Mage Sight and Vision giving you the ability to see through all forms of enchantment but also see a person's creature even if they have been blocked or not gone through the change yet. You will also be able to see a person's true self no matter how they may act around you," the Goblin explained.

"So if say someone had pure black eyes, that would mean?" Harry asked.

"As there is no creature that causes only that change to come to a person's eyes, I guess that your abilities see them as dangerous or bad for you," the Goblin guessed.

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Harry Potter is a Dark High Elf. The Potter family would have a High Elf inheritance if it had not been blocked by Dumbles. Harry became a Dark High Elf due to being "Touched by Death." This happened in three ways, the first was Voldy casting the Killing Curse on him when he was one year old.  This was immediately followed by Harry's second touch of Death as Voldy's Horcrux bonded to his soul. The third and final time of the story happened during the Quidditch Game against Hufflepuff when the Dementors almost kissed him. Due to Harry being chosen as a School Champion, he has come of age letting his creature out.

His hair has changed to pitch-black and is now down to his waist, while his eyes are now pure white with specks of Gold and Silver in them.  Harry's body has become slim and waif-like with his movement becoming more fluid.  Due to becoming a Dark High Elf and being thrice touched by Death, Harry has gained both Magic Sight and Vision letting him see through Glamors, Polyjuice Potions, and any way to hide a person's true appearance. Once he understands this new ability he will be able to see that Moody is Barty Crouch Jr. Another ability he has gained is he can see a person who has not yet gone through their inheritance creature side. If a person does not have a Creature Inheritance, Harry can see how they feel about him even if they act like a friend.

Albus Dumbledore is a Coyote-kin. I mostly did this due to some old beliefs that Coyotes were tricksters. As Dumbledore has tricked the world to gain power as he orchestrated the war against Grindelwald and Voldy his creature is in evidence even though he hates being one, doing his best to block it. Not liking Creature Blood leading to Inheritance, Albus has placed enchantments on the Sorting Hat to block all Creature Inheritance since he had first access to the hat as Deputy Headmaster.

Hermione Jean Granger is also a Coyote-Kin. Dumbledore is her maternal Grandfather. Due to being his granddaughter, she knew all about the magical World before her first trip on the Hogwarts Express. I don't know if she will also be a self-hating Creature but it is due to her playing a Muggleborn and using it to lead Harry to what he needed to know at the time she and her Grandfather wanted him to show off her Coyote heritage.

Ron Weasley has no creature. However, when Harry first looks at him with his new abilities he sees Ron's eyes as pure black. Sort of like a Demon-Possessed human from the American TV show Supernatural. This is due to Ron who might have started as a friend to Harry finding his jealousy for what Harry has poisoned his soul.

Severus Snape is a Vampire. In this universe a Human who has undergone a Vampire Inheritance does not need to ingest large amounts of blood, just maybe a tablespoon at least once a month.  They are not harmed by sunlight, have to be invited into a place, nor can they only be killed by a steak through the heart.  Garlic does not harm them either it just gives them an allergic reaction which makes them constipated.

Minerva McGonagall is a Dijin. I am using the Dijin as it is for genies. While she can not grant wishes, she wants her charges to be happy and thus will do her best to protect and watch over all the students at Hogwarts. Becoming a Dijin has also cleansed her of some enchantments Dumbles had placed on her to make her less focused on the student's welfare and more on the castle and staff.

Hagrid and Flitwick were already part creatures so nothing happened to them from the Goblet's Cleansing.

Trelawney has finally become a full Seerer.

Also, the Cleansing Wave sent out by the Goblet only affected the people who were in Hogwarts at the time. So even though most of the students' parents who also have creature inheritances have not been cleansed to let the creature out. Such as Arthur Weasley who is a Chimera thus how his kids who have Creature Inheritances are all different creatures. I will follow the popular opinion and have Molly be a Banshee.

Fred Weasley is a Kitsune. Like a Coyote a Kitsune is considered a trickster but Fred will not be a bad guy in this story his Kitsune is mostly used to pull pranks with his brother.

George Weasley is a Valravn. A Valravn is sort of a magical raven who is also a trickster/prankster. I mostly give the twins different creatures so people would find it easier to tell them apart but someone like say, Ron, Ginny, or Shelby Lesky still calls them by the wrong name.

Ginny Weasley is a tough one. I have not decided if Harry is seeing the Creature she will become or as he does with Ron seeing how bad she is for him. Harry sees Ginny as a Succubus or a lust demon. This is shown by Ginny's lust for Harry's power, money, fame, and possibly his body.

As Harry turned away from Ginny he was drawn to the three Slytherin boys with a reason I will get into during the main story.

Draco Malfoy has the Creature inheritance of an Angel when he comes of age. All that changes in his appearance is that Harry now sees a golden glow around him and he will be able to spout a pair of pure white wings.

Blaise Zabini will have an Inheritance of a High Elf. As he is a normal High Elf, Blaise's hair has changed from black to gold and his purple eyes are now silver. Being a High Elf Blaise (and Harry) is naturally gifted with wandless magic and spell crafting.

Theo Nott will go through an Ineritcance of a Fae. Harry sees a pair of gossamer wings coming out of Theo's back. When Theo goes through his inheritance even naturally or early due to something happening, he will be able to change sizes at will. Theo will be able to switch between his normal human size and somewhere around six inches tall.

While Harry has not seen Neville yet, Dumbles' alternate Weapon will also go through a Creature Inheritance. The Longbottom Line has a long history before Dumbles began to Block them, as Trents-kin or living tree people. Neville's mother, Alice on the other hand, came from a line of Wood Elfs making Neville a hybrid Trent/Wood Elf hence his abilities with plants and nature-based magic after he goes through his inheritance.

Cedric Diggory is a True Werewolf. Unlike Remus or even Fenrir Grayback, Cedric will only change when he wants to and will be a more humanoid type of wolf than the cursed werewolf that the others are. He is sort of like Michael J. Fox's character in Teen Wolf. Now that he is a True Werewolf, Cedric will find his skill in martial or defensive magic increased as well as his agility and senses.

Luna Lovegood will also be a Fae, but unlike Theo, she is from the line of Fae royalty.  Luna is a direct descendent of Oberon the Fairy King. 

While I don't have a person in mind for them yet I am going to try to have someone become a Dwarf. This is due to being one of the main mythological creatures in most fantasies that JK never really added to the universe. Right now I am trying to decide if I want the Dwarf to be Seamus Finnagin, Crabbe, or Goyle.

Cho Change will be a Siren. Just like Ginny, I am not a fan of her ending up with either Harry or even Cedric.

Fleur of course is a Veela and Krum will be a Drak. They along with the other visiting students were not affected by the Cleansing Wave since their Creatures had not been blocked by Albus in the first place.

I am trying to decide if I want to have Filtch be a creature. Thus making Dumbles block not only his creature but also his magic.

Ludo Bagman at the moment I think will be an imp. Who is more concerned with his own pleasure and well-being than anyone else's.

I would also like to have someone be a Gremlin but I can't figure out at the moment who.

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Albus waited for the door to close before turning to the Head table to get Barty, Maxine, Karkroff, and Bagman to join him to talk to the Champions only to get distracted as the doors to the hall banged open. Everyone turned to look at the doors as countless Goblins some in suits, some in Healer robes, and one in a bright red robe marking it as a Goblin Artifactor entered the room. "What are you doing here?" Albus asked them but the nasty creatures just ignored him. The suited Goblins who were all Account Managers made their way to the clients of the families they worked with to help them learn about their now-unlocked creatures. The Goblin Healers went to talk to the students who either came from Squib-line families or families which did not have full accounts at the bank. The Artifactor moved through it all as they approached the Goblet of Fire. "I said what do you think you are doing here?" Albus said blocking the Artifactor Goblin.

"Me, I am here to retrieve the Goblet, but also find out why it felt necessary to unleash a Cleansing Wave," the Artifactor said as he easily sidestepped the Headmaster and did his job. Albus was so distracted by all the Goblins he missed one Goblin leaving the hall and entering the room where the Champions had been sent.

The Champions' Room

"But how am I a True Werewolf, or for that matter how did Harry change at all he is too young?" Cedric asked the Goblin.

"As I said, you and everyone else at Hogwarts were hit by a Cleansing Wave sent out by the Goblet of Fire acting in concert with Hogwarts itself. I don't know why your creature side was blocked, I will leave that to our Chief Artifactor who has come alone to check out the Goblet. As for Harry's age since he had been chosen to be a Champion he is now recognized as an adult in the eyes of Magic," Bonecrusher said.

"Since I am an adult, can I remove myself from the tournament?" Harry asked.

"That is a good question, however, we will need to check with the Chief Artifactor again to get our answer," Bonecrusher said. "There is something we need to go over in the meantime. Harry Potter, I am sure you do not recognize me but my name is Bonecrusher and I and members of my family have been your family's Account Managers since your Ancestor Solarius Peverell formed the House of Peverell.'

"Um, nice to meet you, I guess," Harry said holding out his hand to the Goblin.

"Quite," Bonecrusher said making no move to take the offered hand. "Now since you have returned to the Magical World, I have been hoping to get in contact with you but you have either left the bank before I could have a teller bring you to me.  Otherwise, someone else took money for your school supplies without you there. I should warn you never to do that again. I think you will see what I mean in a moment," Bonecrusher said as he began to pull some random items out of his coat. All but Harry recognized the items as stuff that would be used to give an Inheritance Test. "I think I have some extra items in here so I can test you as well, Heir Diggory"

"But I have been tested before," Cedric pointed out.

"While that is true since it did not reveal anything about your Creature Inheritance you will be tested again just so we can find out which side of your family your True Werewolf came from. Not to mention if you gained a Creature Inheritance from both sides of your family making you a Hybrid creature. The same thing is being done out in the main hall by my fellow Goblins at this very moment," Bonecrusher explained.

"I guess that makes sense," Cedric said.

"So glad you approve," Bonecrusher said in a sardonic tone as he finally reached out for Harry's hand but rather than shaking it used a Blood Quill to stab his client's palm to collect some blood.

"Ouch," Harry said rubbing his palm and unknowingly tapping into his newly awakened Elfish magic to instantly heal himself.

"I am sorry but for the test to work, I needed some blood," Bonecrusher said not sounding sorry at all. Harry sent a small glare at Bonecrusher as he watched the Goblin place the Blood Quill into an ink well and began to mutter to himself. From what Harry heard from the quiet muttering it sounded like, "May the blood that is given be used to reveal the history." The ink well began to glow slightly as the Goblin spell came into effect as the Blood Quill loaded itself up with ink.

Once it was finished the glow vanished signaling to Bonecrusher to start the next part of the test. Bonecrusher unrolled a bit of parchment and placed the Blood Quill on it before letting it go. Rather than toppling over like Harry thought would happen, the quill began to move over the parchment writing out the results of Harry's test. Unlike the others who were getting tested out in the main hall, Bonecrusher had given Harry a full Inheritance Test.

The Great Hall

Albus growled in frustration and anger as he saw the Goblins performing tests on his students. More than likely revealing what nasty creatures they were. He had little doubt that the brats would write to their parents after they found out they were creatures which would lead the adults to get tested and Cleansed as well. Albus knew the only way to prevent this would be to place an overpowered Secrecy Charm on everyone to prevent the news from being spread, and then go to all the students and replace the blocks on them. Nodding his head at his own decision Albus pulled out the Elder Wand to cast the spell, that way the nasty Goblins would be unable to tell anyone either. As he pulled out his wand, however, Slashvolt the Chief Artifactor of Europe guessed what he was planning to do. With a quick Goblin spell, Slashvolt rendered the wand impotent for a while. Slashvolt did not worry that the Headmaster would catch what he had done for like all Goblin spells he spoke it in Gobbledygook, and the man would assume Slashvolt was just doing another test of the Goblet.

At the Gryffindor table, the members of the Weasley family were brought together by Halbert, their family's Account Manager. After they were all given the test starting with Fred since he was the oldest of the family, they were informed why all but Ron had experienced pain from the wave of Magic released from the cup. The four Weasleys found out that apart from Ron every member of their immediate family was a creature though their test could not reveal what Percy, Charlie, or Bill's creatures were it did show their parents. It turned out that their dad was a Chimera, which Halbert explained was why the twins and Ginny all had different creatures. Meanwhile, their mom really was part Banshee which did not shock them in the least. What shocked them was that Fred and George had two different creatures, Fred being a Kitsune while George would become a Valravn when they came of age. Ginny blanched when she saw her creature listed as a Succubus she quickly hid her results so none of her brothers could see them. Ginny had found it easier to hide her results for as the twins called over to their friend Lee to see what creature if any he got, Ron noticed that their House Crest had changed. According to their crest, Fred was now a Ravenclaw student while George was a Slytherin.

A little further down the table, Neville looked in shock at his results seeing he was classified as a Hybrid creature. While he knew that his grandmother and the rest of the Longbottom family were Trent-Kins he had thought it skipped his dad as well as him. But it also turned out that his mother's side of the family was Wood Elves making him Trent/Wood Elf. Since the test listed both his parent's creatures were blocked, Neville could not help but wonder if their Creatures were set free and if his parents might get better.

Hermione who had been tested by a Healer Goblin since her relationship with her Grandfather Albus was kept a secret, she also hid her results. Though she shuddered a little at what they revealed. She had always known the Headmaster was her Grandfather but according to the test, her parents were not her parents. Her dad was really Argus Filtch (Dumbledore) while her mother was someone called Dolores Umbridge.

Seamus was a little confused when he found that when he went through his Inheritance he would become something known as a Clurichaun*1 since he had no idea what that was. But he was happy for Dean who got tested since it revealed that Dean's unknown father was Magical and thanks to him Dean was a Nixie or a water spirit.

At the Ravenclaw table, Luna Lovegood was not shocked in the slightest to find out she was not only a Fae but a member of the royal family. Here Papa always told her that the reason she could see the Wraith Sprites was due to them being from the line of Oberon High King of all the Fairies. While it would still be a few years before she came into her full Inheitirence, Luna was able to detect which inhabitants of Hogwarts had become or would become Fae themselves.

Cho Change glared down at her results seeing she was listed as s Siren for a few moments. But suddenly she realized as a Siren she would no longer have to rely on potions to get boys to love her anymore. The only creature who could outcharm a Siren was a Succubus but what were the chances even with all this that such a creature was at Hogwarts?

At the Slytherin Table Draco, Theo, and Blaise were shocked that not only would they go through a Creature Inheritance, but according to their results an Omega Creature had formed a bond with them already. Draco was shocked to see himself listed as a full Angel considering his mother's side of the family was listed as Grimm-Kind. Blaise was a little excited to go through his Inheritance not just for having an Omega be with him but as a High Elf it would give him better control of his magic. Theo was a little disappointed at his results seeing he was a Fae, he was not prejudiced against them but he did not like the idea that he would shift to such a small size if he lost his focus.

Both Crabb and Goyle were surprised to find out that they were both Hybrid creatures with a common Dwarf side. Though Crabb was also part Troll while Goyle was a Chupacabra.

At the top table, Bagman was a little nervous as his Account Manager approached him thinking of all the money he owed to another group of Goblins from the Quidditch World Cup. "Don't worry I will find the money somehow," Bagman told Gearginder.

"I am not here for that, but it is good to know," Gearginder said administering the test to reveal Bagman was an Imp.

Further down the table after getting their results Snape and McGonagall sent glares at Dumbles as their test also revealed that the pair had enchantments on them to treat the students differently and be loyal to him. Professor Spout just smiled at her Account Manager as she was found to be Dryad.  While Professor Flitwick did not get tested, his cousin and Family Account Manager instructed him to watch out for the inhabitants who had their creature sides unblocked.  Flickwick was informed that due to the massive Cleansign Waved unleashed by the Goblet of Fire, the bank had started the process of hiring some Mind Healers to come see everyone in the castle.

The Champions' Room

Harry looked down in shock at his results seeing the reason he was considered Touched by Death was due to having the Killing Curse cast on him, having something called a Horcrux bond to his soul, and the times last year when the Dementors tried to kiss him. While that was interesting to learn, he was angry to see notes showing that his two best friends, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, and Professor Dumbledore were stealing money from him. Some notes revealed that Hermione was related to Dumbles which explained why they had similar ears coming out of the tops of their heads.

Harry had also had numerous enchantments placed on him, making Bonecrusher give him a Portkey which would send him to the bank tomorrow since the only thing that had been Cleansed was his Creature Side. Thankfully his Creature being awakened also unleashed several powerful Magical Abilities he possessed. Not only did he have Magic Sight and Vision but it turned out he had something called All-Speak, the ability for Wandless casting and Spell Crafting which according to the test were natural gifts for any High Elf. But the strangest ability he gained was that had become a Natural Bearer. Bonecrusher explained that this meant that Harry was something called an Omega and would be able to give birth to children if he wanted to. This also meant that Harry would only end up with other males since he would only be able to have kids by bearing them and never siring them.

Cedric when he got his results blushed a little since he was also listed as a Natural Bearer. Though he saw his True Werewolf side came from his mother with his dad being a pure Human. According to his test, Cedric had gained heightened senses, better control over martial magic, as well as a boost to his agility.

When both Harry and Cedric finished going over their results they suddenly felt it was strange that no one had come into the room to discuss their positions as Champions. The four Champions and the Goblin left the room to see what was going on in the hall. They found it to be in a state of orderly chaos with numerous conversations being held between Goblins and the inhabitants of Hogwarts. Dumbles was silently fuming in the middle of it all as he glared at everyone. Cedric stepped forward calling out, "I get that this is strange but can we be told what to expect for the tournament?" The hall fell silent as Cedric's raised voice caught everyone's attention.

Ron was disgusted that his older brothers and younger sisters were nasty creatures he had been grinding his teeth a little since they had been tested. Fred and George even seemed to be happy about being freaks sharing with their friends that they were a Kitsune and Valravn, though the only one that Ron heard their response back from was Lee Jordan who also seemed to be happy as he called out he was a Gremlin.*2 Ron looked up at the loud shot from the front of the hall asking about the tournament. His disgust turned to alarm as he saw what looked like a werewolf on its hind legs and wearing clothing. "WEREWOLF!!" Ron shouted as he reached onto the table, took one of the empty plates, and chucked it at the thing. Similar cries were given from other places in the hall and more things were thrown at the beast to drive it back.

Cedric was so shocked at the reaction to his new form that he did not think to defend himself as the plate thrown by Ron caught him on the side of the head before other things started to be thrown his way. He knew it was a little arrogant of him but their reaction hurt him, and not just physically, for he had always been admired by others yet here he was being the target of a barrage of stuff he just could not defend himself as he sunk to the ground with his arms held protectively over his head. With the sound of ripping fabric and what sounded like wings, the barrage was unable to reach him as Viktor rushed forward letting out a pair of black dragon wings to hold forth as a shield. "THAT IS ENOUGH" Viktor thundered glaring at everyone who had tossed something at Cedric.

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"What is wrong with you people?" Viktor asked his wings still extended to protect Cedric as he glared at everyone he had noticed throw something at the Hogwarts Champion. "No seriously the Goblins just came in and I assume shared with you as they did us about some of your classmates coming into their inheritance. That plus that it is nowhere near the full moon should have clued you in that there is no reason to fear Heir Diggory. And if that all escaped your notice Heir Diggory spoke in the human tongue showing he is not some wild beast. So until you all get this settled we will wait for you somewhere that Heir Diggory and Potter can come to terms with what has happened to them," Viktor said with almost an imperialistic gesture had Harry and Fleur followed him as they helped Cedric out of the hall. Reaching the doors Viktor let the others precede him out of the castle as he turned back and offered the Hogwarts students one last piece of advice. "When they return try not to be what is the word... Morjits,"* he said before he slammed the doors shut behind him.

Viktor resumed leading their small group to the ship where the Durmstrange students arrived. Harry felt a tiny bit of uneasiness for apart from the small boats during his trip to and from Hogwarts in his First Year and the equally small boat to the island where Hagrid had given him his Hogwarts letter, he had never been on an actual boat before. While the ship was docked he could see it rocking a little in the small waves in the water making Harry wonder if he got seasick. He bit back his anxiety as he followed the three older students up the gangplank and into the ship. Yet to his great relief when they passed through the door of the ship there was no rocking that he could feel, he always forgot to take Magic into account. Not only was there no sensation of movement but the inside was larger and more grandiose than the outside wreck indicated. "Let's get that taken care of," Viktor said wrapping his wings around his shoulders and replacing the cloak he had destroyed when he brought his wings out.

"Thanks," Cedric said in a low voice still somewhat in shock at the reactions everyone had to his newly awakened creature.

"Don't mention it," Viktor said waving away Cedric's thanks, "no one deserves to be treated like that."

"Um, where are we going?" Harry asked for all they seemed to be doing was walking down stately corridor after stately corridor that would not look out of place in a high-end hotel or a luxury liner.

"We are going to see Fredrick the Great's in-house Healer," Viktor said turning down another random corridor.

"You brought a Healer, but we have Madam Pomfrey, our Matron?" Cedric asked.

"Ah but before everyone was cleansed to show that many of the students are creatures your Matron most likely did not do much healing with Creature-Blooded Magicals.  Healer Zelenka on the other hand has years of experience treating creature-blooded students," Viktor explained.

"It is just a couple of small cuts, maybe a bruise or two," Cedric protested.

"Ah, but you have also just been cleansed of the spell blocking your creature. I know that some creatures can not handle certain foods so I want to make sure you and Heir Potter do not get sick from eating something that causes your new creatures to react badly," Viktor said as he stopped before a door with the symbol of a crossed wand and bone. The eighteen-year-old Quidditch star did not knock, nor did he just push his way into the room. All he did was press the palm of his hand into the symbol on the door until it lit up. As Harry had only ever gone to see Madam Pomfrey, and most of the time he was either in too much pain or already unconscious this was strange to him.

"Is that normal?" he asked as they waited at the door.

"What do you mean?" Fleur asked looking down at him with slight concern on her face.

"I mean just pressing a hand to the door is that like the little bell on the counter of a hospital to get someone's attention?" Harry asked.

"Harry is Muggle raised," Cedric chimed in seeing Fleur and Viktor's confused faces at Harry's statement.

"What about the home tutors that saw him according to the stories? You know what never mind," Viktor said. "Yes, it is like a bell to signal we are waiting. When the Healer's crest turns Pink we can enter the room. But due to the crest being white, it means Healer Zelenka is out of the Hall of Healing. If he was treating someone else the crest would glow brown as a sign that we will have to wait until he was finished," Viktor explained.

"So if he is not here how long do we have to wait?" Harry asked since the only non-student he had seen with the Durmstrange group was their Headmaster.

"It should not be too long, unless I am mistaken he is most likely just having a quick meal since everyone was off the ship for the feast and choosing of the Champions," Viktor said making a heavy pall seem to decent on them all at the mention of them being Champions since they did not know what to expect or anything that might happen after the Goblet had Cleansed the Hall and Harry being chosen as a Champion.

"I hope I can remove myself from the tournament," Harry said at last.

"So you did not enter it?" Fleur asked.

"No, I just want a nice normal school year, something I have never had before," Harry said shaking his head at the very idea of entering the tournament.

"You have to have had at least one?" Viktor said sounding confused.

"Before I came here I was ordered never to do better than my Muggle cousin who is as dumb as a bag of hammers. During my first year, I faced off against a remnant of Voldemort at the end of the term. The Year after that the Chamber of Secrets opened and I fought against a giant Basilisk and a living memory of Voldemort," Harry said before he stopped not wanting to get into meeting Sirius last term.

Cedric, however, took up the tale of Harry's school life as he added, "And last year the Ministry sent Dementors to the castle and they proved to be very dangerous to Harry."

"Why would your Ministry send such things to a place full of students?" Fleur asked.

"They were there to "protect" us since there was news that the man who betrayed my parents was at Hogwarts and targeting me," Harry said telling a partial truth.

"The fools," Fleur said shaking her head in disbelief at the stupidity of the British Ministry, her Papa would never give the okay for it to happen in France. If that was the idea of her Papa's counterpart of Minister for Magic, she hoped that the Goblins allowed Harry to take himself out of the tournament for she did not see the British offering him any help.

"What can I help you all with?" a voice said making Harry turn to see a thin man with wilder hair than Harry used to have and a pair of oval glasses.

"Ah, Healer Zelenka I was wondering if you could take a look at Heir Diggory and Potter. They just came into their creature-sides after being blocked so they might have eaten something their creature disagrees with, and as you can see Heir Diggory has been injured," Viktor said.

"Got it, inside," the man said not wasting any time as he ushered them all inside not even wondering why they were brought to him rather than being seen at the castle. As Cedric had visible bruises, thankfully the small cuts he had were healed by Fleur on the way to the ship. "Well, the good news is that the items that had caused your bruises were not made of pure Silver or Diarate so you do not need to worry about any Bloodburn.

Nor do my scans show that you ate anything with thyme in it or drank orange juice. Next," Healer Zelenka said turning to Harry and casting a spell on him. "What the?" the man gasped as Harry's results began to print out. As the spell the man had used would show any underlying medical condition since the last test which he assumed would have happened before whatever had caused Harry's creature to be unleashed he was shocked at the list passed a foot in length. "When was the last time you got scanned, lad?" Zelenka asked.

"I don't know," Harry answered. "I usually just get treated after I get hurt, if I was scanned it would have happened when I was unconscious I guess."

"You should have been scanned at the very least at the start of the school year as per ICW regulations," Healer Zelenka said as Harry's results passed the six-foot mark.

"I should have?" Harry asked looking to Cedric for confirmation.

"He is correct Harry," Cedric said. "Either by Madam Pomfrey or some family healer... which you would not have as a Muggle Raised."

"Enough is enough," Zelenka said ripping the parchment from his wand and halting it from printing the results of the spell before it had finished. You are going to be seeing me every day if I have to until I deal with this and the failure of this Madam Pomfrey. As far as I know, at this moment there is no reason for you to be quarantined but you are to be here each night so I can slip you some healing potions to work on you as you sleep."

"But I am a Hogwarts student," Harry protested a little weakly.

"As if I care about where you are from when you need to be Healed," the man said with a small huff. "Now that that is settled how did you get injured?" he asked turning to Cedric.

"Um, well when some of Harry and my classmates noticed me they cried out I was a werewolf and began to throw stuff at me," Cedric said in a low voice.

Healer Zelenka's face took on a hard look as he cracked his fingers. "Alright from this moment on you two are going to be staying on the ship.  If the students act like that to your creature, and your castle Healer not doing their job correctly," Zelenka said as he flicked his wand to summon some forms to write up the recommendations which as the Healer-in-charge of the Dumrstrnage contingent he outranked Karkorff when it came to Medical matters so would get his way. Karoff, when he got the forms would not put up a fight thinking it would be a blow against Albus to have both Hogwarts Champions staying on Fredrick the Great with his students.

As Zelenka started to brew some salve for Cedric's bruise and some starting Health potions for Harry, the Tournament judges showed up. "This little charade ends now we will go back to the castle and discuss the tournament," Albus said giving Harry and Cedric disappointed looks.

"I think not, until further notice both of these young men are under my care," Zelenka said marching up to Albus and looking up into the taller man's face with a hard look in his eyes.

"They are my students," Albus said bending down in hopes of intimidating the shorter healer.

"At the moment they are my patients and I am in the middle of getting them some potions for what they had experienced up at that castle of yours and beyond," Zelenka said not fazed by Albus in the slightest.

As Albus opened his mouth Madam Maxine cuts him off, "Enough Albus, let the Healer do his job after all we can share with them all what is to come here just as easily as we could at the castle. Messer Crouch if you will."

"Ah, yes," the man who looked like he had recently taken ill since when Harry saw him at the Quidditch World Cup. "The first task is to test your daring so we will not be telling you what you will be facing. Just know that all you will have access to during the tournament are your wands. Before each task to make sure that you are not hiding any items to help you compete on your person you will be given some uniforms to wear. If you need any item there is, of course, the option to use a summoning charm but it can only be done once you start at the task. The first task shall take place on November the twenty-fourth shortly after lunch. As you are Champions you... um, are any of you in your last year of school?" Crouch asked.

"I am," Cedric, Fleur, and Viktor all said.

"Ah, then you, Harry, as a Champion who does not have to take part in NEWTs or ELVEs you don't have to take part in the end-of-year test. You three since such tests are needed for your future careers can not be skipped, though if you like we can allow you to take them at your respective Ministries rather than doing them during the school year," Crouch explained.

"Good now that is all taken care of Harry, Mr. Diggory we shall head back to the castle so you can go to your Houses," Albus said reaching out to take Harry by his arm.

"You shall not," Healer Zelenka said blocking Albus' hand. "As I said earlier, both of these young men are my patients and are therefore under my care for the time being. From what Heir Krum said you have numerous students who might need to be seen now thanks to whatever happened earlier which let these boy's creatures out."

"Now I must protest they are students at the castle," Albus said trying to side-step the Healer.

"And now they are with me, and since Fredric the Great is considered property belonging to Durmstrange it is a part of that institution and not Hogwarts. As I claim responsibility to them the only one who can contest it is a Healer of similar skills from Hogwarts but from last I heard you only employ a Medi-Magical to take care of all your students and staff. So goodnight to you," Zelenka said as the small man pushed Albus out of the room and shut the door in his face. Turning to Madam Maxine he added, "Your student is allowed to leave since she has not had me check out her health at this time."

"Very well, come along Fleur," Madam Maxine said leaving more gracefully than Albus did along with her school's Champion both women talking to each other in rapid French as Fleur explained what happened in the side room to her Headmistress.

"Good luck on the coming tournament, boys," Bagman said happily his pointed imp tail seeming to be wagging with joy.

"Um, yes goodnight," Crouch said following after his colleague.

"Well, gentlemen it seems you will be staying with us for a while," Karkorff said looking down at Harry and Cedric. "Let us see if we can find you some open rooms for you to use."

"I will find their rooms," Zelenka said having never trusted the Headmaster due to the tales of the man being a former supporter of Voldemort. "They are in my care after all."

"Right you are, Radek I will leave you to it then," Karkoroff said with a small flash of anger in his eyes as he left the room.

"Now you both will need your things," Zelenka said as he summoned one of the Durmstrang House Elves to pop into the Hogwarts House Elf Grand Nest to ask for Harry and Cedric's belongings. As the two groups of Elves went through the exchange, Zelenka showed Harry and Cedric to a double room next to the Hall of Healing for the pair to share. The collection of the two Hogwarts students' trunks took a little longer than Zelenka thought it was but was given a note from the Durmstrange Elf that explained that both the Hogwarts and Durmstrange Elves upon seeing that the protection Wards around Harry's trunk had not been activated, so they spent some time putting them in place for the young boy.

With their trunks in their new room, Harry and Cedric prepared for their first night as Champions on Fredrick the Great. Harry was still rather impressed with the ship for the "double room" he and Cedric were given to share was larger than the Fourth Years Gryffindor's dorm room. And unlike in Gryffindor Tower, the bathroom was connected to their room rather than down across the hall and down one set of steps. After Harry had changed into his sleep clothing, Healer Zelenka handed him his first health potion and made sure Harry drank it all before he left. Harry was not sure if it was having a chance to calm down at last since his name came out of the Goblet or if there was something in the potion but as soon as his head hit the bed's overstuffed and maximum fluffy pillow he was out like a light.

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While Harry's health potions made him fall right to sleep, Cedric took a little longer to head to bed. This was due to Dr. Zelenka helping him learn how to control the shift between his human and True Werewolf form. "Why did you not show Harry how to do this?" Cedric asked nodding at the younger boy.

"Well, Heir Diggory," Zelenka said, "some physical attributes of a person's creature can be changed. Such as bringing forth your wolf features or Heir Krum's Drak, but for those of Elvish and Veela like Heir Potter and Heirless Delacour they can not. Scholars still can not figure out why those with Elf blood need their features to remain unchanged as they have only determined that it allows them to have better control of their magic than before they underwent their inheritance."

"You mentioned, Fleur? What creature does she have?" Cedric asked having not paid attention to the Champion from Beauxbatons.

"Heirless Delacrou is part Veela. Did you really not see that?" Zelenka asked pulling out his wand.

"No. Why is that bad that I did not notice it?" Cedric asked a little worried when the Durmstrange Healer began to cast a diagnostic spell on him.

"Ah, I see what the issue is," Zelenka said nodding his head a little and making some of his wild hair cover his glasses.

"What is it?" Cedric asked as the Healer ran his hand over their bangs to move them out of the way and make them stick up like the spokes of a crown.

"Heir Diggory you are listed as a Natural Bearer which means that you would be immune to Heiress Delacour's Veela Allure. Which just like Heir Potter's new features she can not help but release," Zelenka said. Seeing Cedric look a little confused he continued, "A Veela's Allure is the name for the pheromones that a Veela can't help but release that attracts most people to them if they are attracted to the Gender Identity the Veela holds. As Heirless Delacour is a female you are immune for most Natural Bearers prefer to end up with other males or someone who can get them pregnant." Zelenka held up a hand as Cedric opened his mouth to point something out. "Yes I am well aware that with magic a male can get pregnant from a woman, but that is with the use of a special potion this is not the case for a Natural Bearer whose instincts usually make them focus on other males and whether they are born that way or ones that transition into one."

"I see," Cedric said though not getting it. The closest thing he could see was that due to the fact, he was gay, he had realized it years ago during his Second Year when he had joined the Hufflepuff Quidditch team as a backup Seeker and had seen some of his new teammates taking showers after their training sessions, Fleur's Allure did not work on him.

"So do Harry and I need to stay here tomorrow under observation?" Cedric asked changing the subject.

"No, you can return to the castle if you like. I just want you both back here after supper so I can check the progress of Heir Potter's healing. Also due to the reactions, Heir Krum told me about from your classmates after seeing your True Werewolf form if you have any issues let it be physical, emotional, or psychological you are welcome to come to see me at any time. As long as I am not tending to someone else," Zelenka said.

"Thanks, Healer Zelenka," Cedric said giving the man a slight bow of his head as his father had taught him was standard protocol when dealing with a Healer.

"You can just call me Doc," Zelenka said patting Cedric's shoulder and heading toward the door.

"Oh, yeah, I just recalled something," Cedric said halting the Zelenka's progress. "When the Goblins came to see us one of them gave Harry a Portkey to transfer him to his Account Manager for testing. The Goblin told Harry to use it tomorrow... today actually," Cedric said seeing by the clock it was past midnight. "Will that be an issue if he has to go?"

"As long as he is back by supper time, I should think not," Zelenka said tapping his chin in thought. "I will arrange a little care package of Potions and some bits of food for him just in case he leaves and is gone for lunch."

"I am sure he would appreciate it," Cedric said.

"Well, it is more due to how skinny he is. Elves are meant to be svelt but by their standards, he would be considered skin and bones. After a change like you all went through he is going to need all the food and nourishment he can get for a while," Zelenka said.

"I shall be sure to inform him in the morning," Cedric said wishing the Healer goodnight.

Harry woke up the next morning, surprised to find that his body was less stiff than it usually was. Before he opened his eyes he tried to think of why the bed he was using was softer and less lumpy than his normal one. He only figured it out as he opened his eyes and saw the blurry painted ceiling of the double room he had shared with Cedric last night. Harry went about his normal morning activities, glad that the bathroom for the room was connected so he did not need to put on his glasses to go take a shower as he did back in the tower. As Harry puts on a fresh pair of robes he finds they are a little small on him due to his Elf nature being freed. He wondered if he would need to take them to the school tailors as he tugged on his sleeve only to tap into his Elvish magic and make his robes get large enough that they were now the right size. "What are you doing up so early for?" a sleepy voice asked from the other bed.

"Early?" Harry asked confused since by his watch it was already six thirty.

"Yeah early, don't you sleep in on weekends?" Cedric asked groggily from his bed.

"I did sleep in," Harry said still confused, "on weekdays I get up around 6:10 to 6:15."

"Even at Hogwarts what do you do for the forty-five minutes or so before breakfast starts?"

"Just clean, make my bed, gather my stuff for the day you know the usual," Harry said with a shrug.

"First off don't clean or make your bed that is something that a House Elf does and you could upset them if they think they are failing at their work," Cedric said sitting up in bed knowing he would be unable to get to sleep again after this. "Secondly why not set everything aside before going to bed?"

"I tend to be up late working on my homework," Harry admitted.

"Gryffindor does not have a curfew?"

"Not that I know of. Well, I assume you don't mean the main one that says we have to be in our House by ten on weeknights and eleven on weekends," Harry said.

"Why does it take you so long to do your homework?" Cedric asked.

"I normally need some help with it due to spelling, grammar, and fact-checking," Harry admitted.

"So you are getting tutored, sorry, I did not know," Cedric said with a small blush.

"Not tutored, Hermione just helps me out a little. I still do most of the work," Harry clarified sending out some red flags for Cedric but he could not prove anything so did not speak what had come to his mind.

As he was up now, Cedric began his own morning routine, also loving having an attached bathroom that was just theirs. He loved Hufflepuff House and how close he was to his classmates but it was still a little awkward when he had to take a shower when in the shared bathroom as he forced himself not to check anyone out. As Cedric steps out of the bathroom, using a towel to dry his hair there is a knock on the door. "Are you both up and decent?" Viktor's voice calls through the door.

"Just a moment," Cedric said as he finished drying his hair, and putting on his tie, which was the only bit of clothing he had not brought into the bathroom to change into.

"Alright, we are presentable."

"Good Marrow to you both," Viktor said entering the room followed by a couple of his friends and classmates. "Do you feel up to having breakfast up at the castle or do you want to do so in our dining room?"

"I will head to Hogwarts, I want to see how my friends took my placement of Champion," Harry said.

"And you Heir Diggory?" Viktor asked.

"You can just call me Cedric," Cedric said.

"Very well, Cedric. You can call me Viktor if you wish. Do you want to go up to Hogwarts or eat on Frederick the Great?" Viktor asked him giving the Hufflepuff a warm smile.

"I don't know to be honest," Cedric admitted, "I noticed some of the things thrown my way came from my own House."

"Then I say if you want to eat at the castle, you should join us for breakfast," Viktor said reaching forward and taking Cedric's hand. "Both of you should join us for the meal since from what I saw when we left last night two of the people who had sat next to you during the feast Heir Potter did not look pleased. It could be that you were chosen to be a Champion, or they could be people who dislike Creature-Blooded Magicals. You also asked about someone who appeared to have demon eyes to the Goblin, which means the person had to be sitting rather close to you for your newly awakened abilities to see the change in them."

"I guess that makes sense," Harry said though not sure if he would have an easier time at the Slytherin table before he recalled his look last night and saw Malfoy and a couple of his friends looking like they were glowing to his new senses. And since he was far away from them, according to what Viktor had just said due to the distance between them Harry should never have been able to detect their future creatures.

"Very well, let us all get going," Viktor said as he pulled Cedric along by the hand he was still holding, leaving Harry and Viktor's friends to follow the pair. While it was still early there were still some students eating at each of the four House tables who let out gasps of shock as Harry and Cedric joined Viktor and his friends at the Slytherin table. Harry did his best to just ignore everyone like he always did as he filled his plate with some toast, bacon, and scrabbled eggs.

Cedric had a harder time ignoring others since most of the time due to his height and looks he was the focus of many of the students who had slight crushes on him. Some of the Hufflepuffs who were in the Hall looked appalled that he was at the Slytherin table. Some had not realized that Cedric was the werewolf they had thrown stuff at the night before and wondered why he had not come back to Hufflepuff House. Seeing him sit at the Slytherin table with the showboating Harry Potter who had taken some of his thunder for being named Champion made the Hufflepuffs grind their teeth a little. A fellow Seventh-Year Hufflepuff even got up and went to confront Cedric. "What are you doing sitting at Slytherin with the Durmstange group and Potter?" Brian Minkus asked.

"I appear to be eating my breakfast," Cedric said trying to use some humor to make the situation less tense.

"Where did you go last night? You missed a crazy werewolf thing entering the hall and almost attacking us," Brian said. Cedric winced at the other boy's comment but just tried to focus on his meal.

"That is a lie the Werewolf was the one that was attacked," Viktor growled at the idiot doing his best to keep his Drak contained.

"We just fought it off before it could do anything," Brian said.

"You launched an unprovoked attack," Viktor said not telling the Morjit that the person who had been attacked was Cedric since the Morjit had not listened to him tell the entire hall last night. "If I had not protected them, who knows what might have happened."

"Best case scenario the world would have one less werewolf in it," Brian said smugly. Viktor was about to stand up from the table and attack the Morjit but before he could make a move Harry who had grown annoyed at Brian's attitude tapped into his Elfish Magic again. Harry had seen that Brain did not have a Creature side that had been blocked so to combat the other's prejudicial views, Harry's magic placed a Glamor on Brian making him look to be a mixture of donkey and skunk. With another bit of Elvish magic, Harry was able to produce a copy of the smell of a stick pellet and make it emanate from the fool as he talked. It took the fool just a moment to notice the change as he smelled rotten garbage coming out of his mouth as he talked about the item he had tossed at the wolf. "What is that stench?" Brian complained as he looked around.

"I think it is coming from you," Viktor said holding back some laughter as he created a mirror to show the Morjit his new look.

"What, but I am not a nasty freaky creature," Brian protested.

"Maybe the Cleansing that happened just takes longer on some people," Harry commented without looking up from his eggs.

"I need to see Madam Pomfrey," Brian said as he rushed from the table to some laughter at the sight of his new look with a face like a jackass and a skunk's tail.

"Why do I have the feeling that you did that, Potter?" Malfoy said as he, Blaise, and Theo sat down a little distance from Harry, Cedric, and the Durmstange students.

"What of it, Malfoy? He was being an ass, so he looks like one now," Harry said.

"And the smell?" Blaise asked.

"Well his views were a little noxious the scent must be from them," Harry said trying not to look at the Slytherin trio lest he go blind a little for he noticed since they were closer than the night before they all seemed to glow not just Malfoy with his Angelic features.

"That they were," Viktor said surprising the Slytherins at the table for the famous Quidditch Player had not really spoken until the night before when he escorted the other Champions out of the hall.

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After hearing that Viktor agreed with Harry's assessment of the Hufflepuff boy who had just left most of the students returned to their meals. Harry tried to focus on his food rather than those around him especially Malfoy and the pair of pale and dark-skinned boys sitting on either side of him where Crabbe and Goyle usually sat. It was not that he was anxious about the trio's reactions to his presence at the Slytherin Table, he told himself it was just too painful to look at them with the glow that seemed to surround the three boys. As Harry purposely avoided looking over at them, keeping his eyes on his plate and food, Draco, Blaise, and Theo found they could not help but look toward Harry every once and a while as they started eating. This was a slight change for Blaise and Theo who had not paid as much attention to the Boy-Who-Lived compared to Draco, but something about the Gryffindor student seemed to call to them all. As if a warm glow filled their being every time they looked at Harry and his new form.

The quiet silence of the Slytherin table was broken as another visitor came over. "Harry, what do you think you are doing over here?" asked the angry voice of Ron Weasley.

Hermione Granger also chimed in with a somewhat shrill know-it-all voice asking, "Why did you not return to Gryffindor last night, Harry, you can not break the rules just because of what happened with the cup and everything?"

"Well, Ron unless I am much mistaken I am finishing my breakfast," Harry said, copying Cedric's response to the Hufflepuff who had accosted them earlier.  Harry did not look up as he used his fork to move his French toast around his plate to collect the last remains of his syrup. "As for getting in trouble for not being in the tower, Headmaster Dumbledor knew where I was at and let me stay there."

"And where was that?" Hermione asked giving Harry a slight glare as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Somewhere where I was seen to, after what happened," Harry said.

"That is not an answer and you know it.  Where did you go last night Harry, surely not the Slytherin Dorms. For according to Hogwarts: a History you can not stay in another Houses Dorms overnight even if you knew where to find them and got inside unless you went through a re-sort," Hermione said stamping her foot a little at Harry not telling her exactly where he had been.

"What business is it of yours where he was?" Viktor asked confused by the girl's reaction recalling seeing Harry with her and the red-headed student who had accompanied her to the table.

"It is my business because, Harry is my friend, which is more I can say for anyone else at this table," Hermione said glaring at him while Ron's eyes bulged at recognizing Viktor as he began to pat himself down looking for a quill and something for the Quidditch star to sign.

"Just because he is your friend does not mean he needs to tell you everything. Or is that just how close you are to each other? Does he know every time you are somewhere which is not normal for you?" Viktor asked.

"No, she does not," Harry said realizing this to be true thinking that both Ron and Hermione always wanted to know where he was and what he was doing when he was not with them but they never felt the need to share what they were doing themselves, "neither of them does."

"Why would we need to tell you where we are?" Ron asked a little distracted having found a scrap of parchment but still looking for a quill.

"Then why should I have to tell you what I am doing and where I go?" Harry asked.

"Well, obviously we do it to make sure no one tries to slip you potions or enchant you. You are famous in our world Harry," Hermione said.

"And what would you do if they did? I don't recall either of you doing much of anything during our Second Year when some students shot spells my way when they thought I was the Heir of Slytherin. Did you report it to one of the teachers and they did nothing about it?" Harry asked.

"Well, no because we did not see who all cast the spells, and secondly none of them hit you," Ron said causing some of the Durmstrange students to look alarmed at this news.

"You should have still reported it," a Durmstrange student named Dex said.

"It was no big deal if he got hit or we find evidence of someone slipping him something we would just take him to Madam Pomfrey to get him healed. You must be familiar with stuff like this being a famous Quidditch player like Ron and everyone says you are." Hermione said looking at Viktor.

"Yeah like she would help," Viktor mutters to himself thinking of what Healer Zelenka found last night on Fredrick the Great.

"This is all besides the point," Hermione said glaring at Viktor making him wonder if she had heard him. "Harry, no matter where he was, should be eating at the Gryffindor table not over here, for it also states in Hogwarts: a History that no student can eat meals at another House's table during normal meal times. And while breakfast is almost over," she shoots a dark look at Ron making Harry think she had trouble getting the redhead up to come down, "he should be eating at the Gryffindor table."

"You do realize protocol has been relaxed a little this year right, Granger?" the pale boy beside Malfoy asked.

"Shut up Nott," Hermione said glaring at the Slytherin student who either tied with her as the top student in most of their classes or sometimes even outperformed her.  She assumed, he it did by cheating somehow but had not yet been able to find proof of it.

"Just saying, Granger after all other students are sitting at other tables this morning not just Potter and Diggory. I notice that you are not telling him to go back to the Hufflepuff table like you are Potter. Makes me wonder why you only care that Potter could be breaking rules and no one else?" Nott said. Harry could not help himself as he looked over at the other boy, blinking a little in the bright glow surrounding the trio of Slytherins as he gave a nod of thanks to Nott receiving a small wink back from the pale-skinned teen.

"Fine he can stay, now you guys and budge up so Ron and I can join him," she said glaring at those around Harry.

"Wait, Hermione, I don't want to sit with a bunch of slimy snakes," Ron protested.  Ron technically did not want to sit next to Harry at the moment either due to Harry's new form but also having gotten himself entered into the tournament without helping Ron do the same.  Not that it mattered, on Hermione's order for them to make room for her, the surrounding students moved in closer to Harry to prevent the two Gryffindors from sitting down beside him.

"We are still eating ourselves," the Durmstrange student, Rush, sitting to the right of Harry said. "If you want to sit at this table there are some open spots over there," Rush said pointing to an open area halfway down the table from where Harry, Cedric, and the Durmstrange students were sitting.

"Let's just go, Hermione," Ron said pulling the bushy-haired witch away from Harry and back to the Gryffindor table so he could get something to eat. Ron felt that when he went to ask Krum for his autograph he would not bring Hermione with him since the Quidditch Superstar did not seem to like her.

"And those are your friends?" Viktor asked once the pair of Gryffindors left annoyed with the girl's attitude, and angry at the boy recognizing him from last night as the first person who began to throw stuff at Cedric.

"I guess," Harry said rubbing the back of his neck, "though, Ron... um the male," he said clarifying for Viktor, "was the person who had the black eyes I saw last night."

"I see," Viktor said recalling Harry asking about what creature would just possess black eyes as well as the Goblin's answer.

"Black eyes, he has blue ones, Potter?" Malfoy pointed out.

"It seems that the creature that I am allows me to see others' creatures' sides even if they are not awakened yet. I can also see traits in non-creatures, according to the Goblin who saw us last night, to show me how the person feels or something towards me. I don't really know what it meant," Harry explained. "But it only applies to those close by me."

"And what if a person does have a Creature Side that is not out would you not only see the creature but some sign of how they connect to you?" Nott asked.

"I don't know, I just got this thing last night it is not like I had time to test it," Harry said still not looking at the three Fourth Year Slytherins.

"I don't think I have ever heard of such an ability before," the dark-skinned boy said.

"I don't know what to tell you," Harry said with a small shrug.

"I would not spread knowledge of that ability around, Potter it sounds useful to me," Malfoy said,

"Was not planning on it Malfoy," Harry said looking over at his rival and the two other boys making them start as he looked up through his bangs with a look they all for some reason found very appealing.

"Um, yeah good," Draco said taken aback by Harry's new look as well as fighting down a sudden urge to either kiss the Gryffindor or at the very least protect him from harm.

"Oh, by the way, Harry," Cedric said suddenly remembering what the Durmstange Healer told him last night, "Doc Zelenka said he wanted to see us after supper, but until then you are free to do what you want including using the item the Goblin gave you last night."

"Thanks, Cedric," Harry said nodding to the older Hufflepuff sitting on his left.  He had wondered if he was allowed to use the Portkey to go to Gringotts when he was supposed to be under observation by the Healer. The Slytherin students sitting around them, as well as the Durmstange students apart from Viktor, wondered what a Goblin had given Harry but did not feel it was their business to ask about... yet at least.

"So do you think you could show us around the castle today, Cedric?" Viktor asked to distract the Slytherins and his classmates from trying to find out about the Portkey Harry had been given.

"I guess," Cedric said shocking some of the Slytherins not only for Viktor to talk so much but that the Hufflepuff Champion had already given the Durmstrange student permission to use his first name. With most of the Durstrange students already done with their meals they all got up along with Cedric, Viktor, and Harry. Harry only does so to blend in with the crowd to avoid his so-called friends for a bit to allow him to use the Portkey to head to Gringotts. Viktor and Cedric guessed what Harry was doing as he joined the group as Cedric started the tour in the dungeons and the Potions classrooms.

After making sure Ron and Hermione had not followed him out of the Great Hall, Harry entered the potion stock room after the tour passed it to activate the Portkey. Before he felt the jerk around his navel signifying its activation the door opened and Ginny appeared opening her mouth to say something as Harry was whisked away. Ginny immediately ran back to the Gryffindor table to inform Hermione and her brother what happened but with Dumbledore being busy with a long complaint about Madam Pomfrey from Healer Zelenka and numerous owls from family members of the students on the events of last night he did not have time to see his three pawns. Dumbles was a little shocked that most of the letters had to do with the students getting cleansed without a single letter asking about how Harry became the Fourth Champion.

Time Skip.

Harry returned to Hogwarts in time for supper in a towering temper. Having told the Goblins that he needed to be back at Hogwarts by supper, the Goblins after testing him had him use a Time-Turner after his Cleansing. Harry could not believe what the Goblins had found.  Not only was he now the Lord of all the houses the test Bonecrusher had given to him at Hogwarts had reviled but he had numerous spells on him and several potions from Dumbledore and Mrs. Weasley. He had a good portion of his Magical Core blocked, forcing the Goblins to give him a stabilizing cuff so his body would not burn itself out as it learned to deal with all the freed magic he had access to. Some of his Magical abilities had been blocked such as his newly awakened Mage Sight/Vision. Numerous love and loyalty potions had been slipped to him over the years geared towards Dumbledore, Ron, Ginny, Mrs. Weasley, and Hermione who it turned out was related to Dumbledore.

There there was the state of his vaults, vast quantities of money that he had not even realized he had, had been being sent to special vaults belonging to both Dumbledores, the three Weasleys, and something called the Bird Fund. The only books he had left in his vaults were Family Grimoires when Bonecrusher stated that there used to be a special vault just for the collected tomes his father had set aside to hold the books from all their family lines. But his betrayers not only removed things from his vaults but added items as well. Bonecrusher revealed several dark artifacts had been placed in one of Harry's vaults as if there to be used to either hide them from belonging to Dumbles or in case the bastard needed it, a reason for why Harry needed to be controlled by using the artifacts to show Harry was hoarding dangerous stuff. Bonecrusher immediately removed the artifacts and sent them to be destroyed thus preventing their use from affecting Harry.

But three things had been found that shocked Harry. First off it seemed that when Voldemort attacked him as a baby he left a piece of his soul, the test called it a Horcrux, attached to Harry. This was another thing that made the Goblins add the Time-Turner clause to his Cleansing since there had never been an example of a Horcrux attached to a living being before so they did not know how long it would take to remove it from him. Secondly, it seems that Dumbles and Mrs. Weasley had written up a Marriage Contract between Ginny and him.

Though Bonecrusher pointed out that it was less a Marriage Contract and more of a Slavery Contract rather than being called Slave and Master it was husband and wife. As neither of his parents or Godparents had signed off on it, Harry was able to void the contract and since he was now of age he did not have to worry about them submitting a new one. As they looked over the contract Bonecrusher had also found that Harry's parents' Wills had been blocked as well. So as soon as Harry had been Cleansed and had taken up all of his Family Rings the Account Manager started the process to unlock the Wills and follow the last wishes of his former client.

The third item that Harry found during this process that shocked him was that after he had gone through the Dark High Elf Inheritance he had somehow bonded with Draco, Blaise, and Theo. Harry could only assume that was the reason he had been able to detect the trio's Creature Sides from a distance and the glow that they all had about them. What was even weirder to Harry was that the test listed him as a Submissive with the three Slytherins as either Dominant or Switches though for some reason the test did not reveal who was a pure Dominant or was a Switch.

At least there was some good news, Harry thought as he threw open the double doors into the Great Hall with a bang making everyone look over at him. The Chief Artifactor of Gringotts had found out that Harry as a legal adult could remove himself from the Tournament without any problem or losing his adult status. Harry ignored the muttering of the students in the hall as he marched to the spot before the head table where the goblet had been the night before.

Sending a glare at the Headmaster, Harry spun on his heels to look back at his classmates and the visiting students. Without any preamble, Harry began to speak in a carrying voice so they could all hear him. "When my Account Manager saw me last night after my Creature Side was awakened he gave me a Portkey to come to visit him to clear some stuff up. It seems that being chosen as a Triwizard Champion I am now seen as a full adult in the eyes of the Magical World. Since I am an adult I will use the fact that I have no living parents to remove myself from this Tournament which I did not even try to enter in the first place," Harry said.

"Now Harry," Dumbles began as the disguised Barty Crouch Jr. worried about his Master's plan if the brat was able to pull himself out of the tournament.

"No, Headmaster I am an adult I am not competing, that is final and there is nothing you can do to make me take part," Harry said as if in response to his words the Triwizard Cup that was being held up in the Headmaster's office until the final task under heavy Wards unleashed a bit of Magic accepting Harry backing out. The wave of magic was visible by the time it reached the hall and washed over Harry, who to prove he had not lost his magic as Crouch had told them last night as the consequences for trying to back out without permission, cast a Lumos charm. The wave of magic, however, was not done as it interacted with Harry, Hogwarts, and the aftereffects of the Goblet's cleansing from last night as it jump-started Draco, Blaise, and Theo's Creature sides making everyone see them as Harry saw them.

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While most in the hall turned to goggle the three Slytherins students who suddenly had their Creature sides awaken, Hermione and Ginny kept staring at Harry. Ginny let out a small groan as the Lumos spell he cast highlighted something that she thought she had missed from the night before. Harry's school robes were no longer emblazoned with the Gryffindor Crest, rather now they showed the green and silver snake of Slytherin House. Hermione also seeing the Slytherin Crest on Harry's robes was pissed off how dare he go through a re-sort without telling her. Wait, that could not be right there was no way Grandpa Albus would ever have allowed a re-sort to happen. She thought maybe Hogwarts itself changed his House for whatever reason but that made even less sense. Harry must have broken the rules somehow just like he did when putting his name in the cup before losing his nerve and backing out.

"Why? How?" Pansy spluttered seeing Draco Malfoy change just as Potter backed out of the tournament.

"You think we know?" Draco said looking down at his hands which seemed to be glowing with an inner light.

"Yeah if you think we could control this don't you think I would stop myself from shrinking?" Theo asked as his awakened Fairy Side caused him to become six inches tall though thankfully changing his clothing with him.

"Ah you are so cute, I could just keep you as a pet," Millicent Brustroid said reaching for Theo who used his new wings to fly around and land on Blaise's shoulder knowing his friend would protect him.

"Back off Millicent. Even if that was a joke, Theo is still human and our friend, not some pet to keep," Blaise said glaring at the girl.

"Phooey," Millicent said ignoring his advice as she reached for Theo. Her hand never reaches the shrunken boy as Blaise uses his new Elf magic to send her away making it look as if she Apparated to the other end of the table.

Meanwhile, the two Greengrass sisters were admiring Draco's abs since becoming an Angel caused his wings to rip his shirt and robes off of him leaving him bare-chested.

"Damn, Draco, how are you so ripped?" Astoria asked licking her lips.

"Ah," Draco cried out in pain at her language which as an Angle both physically and mentally damaged him.

"What's up, Draco?" Daphne asked finding his upper body as thrilling as her little sister's, but due to her control of emotions and face not sharing her new appreciation for his body.

"I don't know," Draco answered.

"Not to be rude about whatever just hurt Draco, but does anyone know how I am to return to my normal size?" Theo asked now perched on the top of Blaise's head.

"Can't you do it yourself, fairy boy?" Pansy teased him using his newly awakened creature as an insult.

"Knock it off, Pansy" Draco snapped the white light flaring as he caused her to join Millicent at the other end of the table under a ward to prevent the girl from coming back over just as Blaise had done when he transported Millicent earlier.

As everyone in the hall had been watching the events of what was happening around the three Slytherin Fourth-Years conversation broke out at seeing the magical skill Draco and Blaise now seemed to possess. "Seriously how do I change back?" Theo asked the Durmstrange students near them thinking that they might know more about creatures than any Hogwarts student would.

"From what I recall there are two ways to return to normal size after your Creature side first awakens," Rush said.

"And they are?" Theo asked buzzing around Blaise's head like an angry hornet in his desire to return to normal.

"Well, the first is to get help from another Fairy who has gone through the change or is a member of the royal family," Rush said.

"And the second method?" Blaise asked gently catching Theo and placing his shrunken friend back onto his shoulder since the flying around his head was distracting Blaise and giving him a small headache.

"He just needs to find a partner. For the Muggles and some Magicals got it wrong the story of the Frog Prince was actually about a Fairy-Blooded being who was kissed by their partner letting them regain their normal form," Rush explained.

"So, all I have to do is find another Fairy-Blooded person who has gone through the change, a member of a royal Fairy line, or find a partner when I have never been with anyone before. I will be stuck like this forever," Theo said in despair.

"We will find a way to get you back to normal," Draco said as he unconsciously tried to use Angelic healing to help his friend.

"Thanks, Dray," Theo said feeling warm and healing light seemed to fill his body but did not change Theo back to normal.

"That glow though,' Astoria muttered to herself, loving how the glow that came out of Draco's hands sent shadows over his body making him look a lot more ripped. The second-year girl could not help but reach out and trace a finger through his abs making Draco laugh as it felt like she was tickling him.

"Back off," a voice said as someone grabbed her hand and forced it away from Draco's body.

"Potter?" she asked in confusion and a little concerned seeing the angry look on the older male's face.

"Don't you touch him," Harry said having rushed over when he saw the younger girl touch Draco along with the lustful looks she had been given the blonde. His creature cried out to slap the bitch for making a move on one of the three that had been recognized as a dominant partner to it. "Don't you touch any of them," Harry added the magic coming off his body making his hair fly out wildly showing off his pointed ears for any who had not seen them yet. "They are mine," Harry said, as to everyone's shock gently taking Theo from Blaise's shoulder and hugging him. Before Theo could protest at being treated like a stuffed toy he found himself normal size again as Harry buried his face in his chest.

"Well, that solves Theo's problem," Daphne said with a smirk at her pale-skinned classmate. "But you have no reason to be angry at my sister it was Millicent who tried to do something with Theo."

But as Theo was being hugged by Harry and his sudden change things clicked into place. "I think the three of us are connected to Harry, not just me."

"How did you reach that conclusion?" Astoria asked glaring at Harry.

"Well, how else can you reason that Draco, Blaise, and I had our Creature sides awaken right after the wave of magic passed through Harry after he pulled himself out of the tournament? Since he was the only underage Magical to have his Creature come out in the first place which makes sense since he just revealed his name coming out of the Goblet allowed him to be recognized as being of age," Theo reasoned.

"Why would he need to have all three of you? He could surely get by with just you and Blaise and leave Draco alone?" Astoria asked making Pansy unable to get back to Draco's side to glare at the girl and Harry for trying to take Draco from her.

"One can not dictate how many mates or partners their Creature needs," Viktor said. "If they are all connected to Harry, Lady Magic, and the other Elder Ones must have their reasons for it."

"That is so wrong," Astoria said glaring at Harry as she crossed her hands over her chest pouting a little.

"The Elder Ones do not share that belief," Viktor said. They think Harry, Draco, Blaise, and Theo make a good Grouping. Though I could be wrong."

"How?" Daphne asked before her sister could since she had a slight crush on Blaise before all this but now she sees Draco in a new light.

"Well, it could be that the four of them are all bound together in a group or the Elders have given Harry multiple partners who while being friends with each other are nothing more than that."

"So Draco, Blaise, and I could just be bound with Harry but not each other?" Theo asked for clarification.

"It could be, or it could be that two of you are together with each other and Harry, while one is just bound to Harry alone," Viktor said thinking about how Blaise had protected Theo when he had been shrunken. "But that is for them to figure out themselves." Harry could not even answer that question since his results just showed him to be connected to the three Slytherins not how they were connected to each other.

Getting tired of the scene his weapon was having with the snakes and finally getting over his anger at Harry removing himself from the tournament, Albus marched over to the Slytherin table. Plastering his Grandfatherly look on his face Albus said, "While fascinating your personal lives are I would ask you all to return to your meals and House tables." Albus took Harry's upper arm in his hand and started to pull his weapon away from the snakes. He might have been bullied by the Durmstrange Healer to have Harry and Cedric now room on the Dark School's boat he would not let his weapon spend more time with the snakes or foreign students if he could help it.

However, as Harry was pulled from him Theo noticed the change of Harry's House Crest. "It seems that Harry's House table is with us now," Theo said pointing it out and drawing everyone's attention to it. Albus sent a glare at the fairy freak as he wondered what had happened to the Glamor he had placed on his weapon's wardrobe so that it made the brat look like he was still in Gryffindor.

Sure the House dormitory guardians would not allow the boy to enter Gryffindor Tower again, one of the reasons he allowed Potter to spend the night on the boat as he tried to fix the House Change. But he had been distracted by other students being re-sorted and not being allowed back in their old dorms either like the Weasley Twins had been separated with one being a Ravenclaw and the other being made into a Slytherin student. Their change of House leads to Molly sending him a Howler after the school automatically lets her and Arthur know about their House change. Molly, while not liking the twins that much still wanted them to remain in Gryffindor since it was the best house in both her and Albus's opinion. Her Howler shows her to be more concerned about them being removed from Gryffindor than the blocks on their creatures being undone. Making her one of the few who had not sent him letters about the school-wide cleansing that the Goblet of Fire had performed.

Albus was still trying to figure out how the cleansing and housing change came about but at the moment it illuded him and his right-hand woman was not being any help as she ignored him making sure that all the students were alright and those that had gone through an Inheritance knew what to expect with their new forms. He might have forgiven her a little if she just focused on the Gryffindor students but Minerva was offering aid to all the students no matter what house they were in. She did not even seem to care that she had lost some of her lions to other Houses or gained less worthy lions in their place. Albus began to wonder if the Cleansing from the Goblet had also removed the spells and enchantments he had on her and other members of the staff but once again had been too busy to look into it.

Realizing he had been silent too long, Albus let go of the brat's arm and said trying to sound supportive. "Alright I was mistaken, Harry enjoy your meal with your new Housemates but no more PDA."

"When has that ever been a rule?" Marcus Flint asked who had shocked everyone when rather than gaining the Creature Inheritance of a Troll became a Wood Elf.

"It is not a rule but considering that Harry looked ready to attack Ms. Greengrass earlier I think it best if he spends less time on public displays of his new bond and more on reigning himself in."

"Harry might not be able to help himself," Viktor interjected.

"And how would you know this about my student, Mr. Krum?" Albus asked trying to keep a growl from his voice at the freak Drak boy.

"It is Heir Krum, Headmaster Dumbledore," Viktor said correcting the man's lack of proper protocol.  "And I know cause I was around Harry when his Account Manager tested him as well as our Healer did, revealing Harry's personal information about him that makes his behavior more understandable," Viktor said not wanting to reveal Harry was submissive to a good portion of the three schools which were listening in. While most of the Hogwarts students had no idea what Krum was talking about the visiting students and Albus could read between the lines of what the Quidditch star was not saying.

Albus quickly pulled his hands up the sleeves of his robes so no one would see him clenching his fist in anger at finding out his weapon was not only a creature but a submissive one at that which had somehow bonded to three slimy snakes. This could ruin all his plans for taking control of the brat especially since he had somehow gotten to Gringotts. If he found out about the contract between himself and the Weasley girl, Albus knew he would never hear the end of it from Molly. But he would lose his backup plan in case the brat died before defeating Voldemort yet somehow had a child. "Fine," Albus said through gritted teeth, "Harry at least try to keep your creature under control." Albus then turned on his heel and went back to the top table seeing Moody glaring at Potter.

Harry could not help but glare at the Headmaster's back as he sat down at the Slytherin table to eat before heading back to Fredrick the Great and his check-up with Doc Zelenka. "Got some issue with the Headmaster now?" Draco asked noticing Harry's glare.

Looking around and seeing that the Greengrass sisters had moved away leaving just Draco, Theo, Blaise, Cedric, Krum, and some Durmstrange students within earshot Harry told them about what he had found out at the bank besides that he could leave the tournament. "Please tell me while you were there you started the process of getting your stuff back?" Blaise asked.

"I did though I had the Goblins replace the gold stolen from me with leprechaun Gold so they would not notice until they try to spend it. Once they come in to complain the Goblins will hit them with fines and summons to appear before one of their tribunals," Harry said a predatory smile looking out of place on his Elvish face. While they did not like what the three Weasleys, Granger, or the Headmaster had done to Harry, the students listening in had to gulp at finding out that they would be facing Goblin Justice.

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Albus recalled his own youth as a student at Hogwarts. When he started he had to deal with the mistrust of the Magicals who had Light Cores due to his father attacking the Muggles that had targeted his sister and made her go insane. However, those with Dark Cores which in his mind made them as bad as the Muggles who his father attacked, actually liked him. Albus made sure those evil Magicals knew right away that he would never be an ally of theirs. Albus worked hard to show that he was a champion for the Light and, with his brains and talent, made a name for himself. He was glad that by his Second Year, everyone at the school knew of him through his own accomplishments rather than what his dad had done.

All through his time at Hogwarts, Albus had been ranked number one in his class both in magical ability and also the physical fitness classes that Deputy Headmistress Weasley had started based on a study that a strong body would lead to stronger magical cores. Everything changed, however, during Albus' final year at Hogwarts when he and his classmates came of age and went through their Creature Inheritances. Albus was excited about his change, at first thinking this would make him an even better Magical than before, but he found out that his creature was either a coyote or a jackal he was never sure which.

His mother could not help him since his creature came from his father's side of the family. He also discovered that all his inheritance gave him was a mind that could see ways that would work any given situation to his advantage. He was already more intelligent than his peers and many of the staff without the inheritance. His new mental processes actually made him angry since they reminded him of one of the defining traits of the evil Slytherin House.

If this was not bad enough, he now had to deal with classmates who thanks to their inheritances were better than he was. It angered him to no end to see the fools he had always trounced in the level of spell power thanks to their Elfish blood could now cast spells more powerful than his were. Or seeing one of the weakest boys in his year topping the rankings of their physical fitness list just because he had a True Werewolf. Albus still recalled his first physical test after the change for both him and the wolf Cecil Diggory the fool easily hauled twice the load Albus had done during one test and was able to break through three times as many boards as Albus during another. Even his top placement in grades fell as some of his classmates had a sphinx inheritance.

To go from the top-ranked student in grades, Magical Abilities, and physical powers to near the middle was a huge blow to Albus, even more than his mother's death shortly before he graduated thanks to his sister. It was during the summer after he graduated that Albus met Grindelwald who told Albus about the legend of the Deathly Hallows and how it related to the old childhood tale of the Three Brothers. Albus liked the idea of a wand that could not be beaten thinking he would be able to cast enchantments that would never fail. His coyote or jackal blood gave him the idea that if he used the Elder Wand to cast a block on a person's creature they would never go through an inheritance so would be unable to show him up again.

However, it took him nearly a decade for Albus to get his hand on the Elder Wand. After claiming it from Grindelwald, when his old lover surrendered to him after their "duel." The best part of the whole affair was thanks to Albus arriving at the duel behind Grindelwald letting him just stun the man and take the wand, Albus handily was chosen as the next Headmaster of Hogwarts. This gave him access to the Sorting Hat before the students arrived at the castle letting him cast a spell on the hat to force it to place blocks on any Creature Inheritance that a student might go through when they reached the age of maturity. Since he was just the new Deputy Headmaster, Albus made sure to remove the enchantments on the hat before returning it to Headmaster Dippet's office just in case Armando could sense the spells on the hat as it rested in his office during the year.  When Armando stepped down after his son had died, and Albus took over as the new Headmaster, Albus used his new position to place charms on the Sorting Hat and kept them in place since if any of the staff detected them, he would just modify their memory.

But now for some strange reason the Goblet of Fire and gone haywire, and all the blocks had been removed from the students and even staff who had been sorted since he had become the Deputy Headmaster all those years ago. While he had no fear of any student outperforming him now even if they were nasty creatures he was not going to allow their blood to change the world that he had spent so many years getting just right. He would start with Potter making his weapon pay for the way he had acted in the Great Hall before everyone. Not showing Albus the respect he deserved. He would recast the spells on the brat to block his creature and use some of the boy's hair for a ritual to make everyone forget he had even been a creature. If he did the ritual on the right day with the correct phase of the mood he could with the help of the Elder Wand reverse whatever caused everyone's creatures to be freed.

It was just too bad that Minerva had returned his Time Turner to the Ministry at the end of the last school year otherwise, he could have used that to fix things. But no his right-hand woman had believed him when he had told the story that he had gotten permission for his Granddaughter to use the magical artifact. She did not know he had stolen it shortly after becoming the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. Before giving it to his Granddaughter, Albus had mostly used the Time Turner in the Wizengamot so that no one would see his expression after any votes that did not go his way before he cast a secret Veto on them so his side won things. But now he could no longer make it look like the results of the votes went his way before casting his overriding veto, nor prevent the cleansing that had happened to the inhabitants of the castle.

It took Albus a couple of days to collect some hair from Potter, shockingly doing so on the exact day the moon would be in the right position and phase for maximum effect of the ritual to once more block everyone's creatures and their memories of the last few weeks. The ritual went off without a hitch as he performed it, but something must have gone wrong for no one's creatures had been blocked again. In fact, all the younger students attending Hogwarts who could go through an inheritance somehow did making them outnumber normal students like Ronald Weasley nearly fifteen to one.

"This was not good at all," Albus thought to himself as he tried to figure out what he had done wrong and how to fix it. As he did so those nasty creatures noticing that they were in the clear majority now started to bully and harass the normal students attending the school being led by Albus's weapon. None of Albus's staff stood up for the non-creature students but joined in tormenting them since they were mostly creatures themselves.

One time when Albus had gone to the Hogwarts library to perform some research after exhausting all the tomes up in the Headmaster's study for a way to fix this, he saw a First Year Slytherin boy who had gone through an early inheritance threaten a Seventh Year Gryffindor. The Gryffindor was just a normal student and found himself bested by the baby snake. When Albus moved to interview the First-Year boy who seemed to have some Troll Blood knocked Albus aside as if he was a practice dummy for the DADA class.

Waking up in the hospital wing a few days later, Albus decided enough was enough. Since Potter and those three snakes he bonded with seemed to be the ringleaders of all this Albus summoned them up to his office. "I am very disappointed in your behavior boys, especially you Harry," Albus said looking down his long crooked nose at his weapon.

"We are just doing what Darwin postulated back in the day of the Survival of the Fittest. Our creatures make us so much better than those weak normies," Harry said turning his head to the side and spitting out a wad of phlegm as if just talking about non-creatures made him sick.

"That is not the way, boys," Albus said.

"Yes, it is," the Malfoy brat said with a sneer, and just as Albus suspected the brat was no Angel but a Demon in disguise after all there was no way anything as pure as an Angel could be in Slytherin House.

"You do not belong at this school or anywhere decent folks are," Albus said standing up with such force his throne-like chair toppled to the ground as he pulled out the Elder Wand.

Before he could use it, however, that fairy-boy freak shrunk in size zooming forward, snatching it from his hand, and passing it to Potter. Who collected the wand and began to pat the shrunken snake as if the boy was a pet. "Get him," Harry ordered as Malfoy and Zabini cracked their knuckles and advanced on Albus. He tried to call Falks to get him to safety, but Harry used the Elder Wand to snap the Pheonx's neck killing it before using some Fiendefire to make sure it could not return to life once more. Albus had been so distracted watching this that by the time he checked on Malfoy and Zabini, they were right beside him. Both Fourth Year boy lifted their hands as dark magic poured out of them surrounding Albus and causing him nothing but pain as he screamed for death.

Suddenly the pain stopped making him think someone had come to save him from these monsters but no. Potter just walked around the desk not even looking at Albus as he put the chair back in place and sank into it. Still not looking his way, Potter lifted his feet to place them on Albus's desk and made himself comfortable. "Now that that fool is gone, no one can stop our plans," Potter said as he continued to pet the fairy in his arms while Malfoy and Zabini fell to their knees in supplication on the other side of the desk.

"I will stop you," Albus said but none of the young freaks looked at him. Since he did not have a wand, Albus resorted to his fist and sent it right at Potter's face. He may have looked like an old man past his prime but Albus kept up the physical fitness routine he had used as a student making him rather strong for his age. Yet his hand passed through Potter's face making Albus start as he looked down and saw his body translucent and the shared remains of his earthly body smoking on the office floor.

Yet Albus had neither passed on to the next life nor had become a ghost, or at least one that anyone could see. Albus could do nothing but watch as Potter and the three snakes took over Hogwarts without a fight. Shortly after they had killed Albus, Potter had even brought the majority of the staff up to the Headmaster's office where they all bowed to the boy and took turns spitting on Albus' dead body.

Potter and the staff made sweeping changes to Hogwarts as any student who had not gone through a Creature Inheritance had their wand collected and snapped, even those from Beauxbatons and Durmstrange. Albus wondered how he had missed this as neither Igor nor Maxine did anything to stop Potter and his group from snapping the wands of their students. All the students who had their wands snapped were then brought to the Great Hall and were stripped down to their underwear, marked with a tattoo of the letter "H" which Albus assumed meant they were plain humans before they had collars placed on their necks. Some students who had gone through an inheritance protested this, such as Albus's Granddaughter Hermione was soon killed as Cedric Diggory let out his wolf and ripped out her throat letting her serve as an example of what would happen when Potter and his group were challenged.

After all of the non-creature students were collared they were given new clothing which made a House Elf uniform look good as most were just rags and strips of random fabrics. Potter then came forward and informed the collared students of their new place. "As you lot have no blood of a noble creature in you and thus can not compete with the like of us you are nothing more than pets now. From now on you can not leave a room or wander the halls without one of us as the superior species holding your leash. The only exception is when you have to go to the bathroom. When this happens your collar will glow so everyone knows you can be on your own, but as soon as your business is done you are to return to the room you had left otherwise you will receive a ten thousand volt shock. This might kill you but I don't think anyone will morn a worthless non-creature that you are."

Potter stepped toward the group of normal humans and took the leash attached to Ron Weasley's collar. He then kicked Ron's knees making the taller redhead fall to his hands and knees. Not letting his former friend get back to his feet, Harry gave the leash a harsh tug forcing the other boy to crawl behind him as if he were a dog. "Well everyone, pick a human pet, and let's return to class," Harry said as he left the hall. Albus watched in horror as the creatures rushed forward grabbing the leashes of their former classmates and pulling them out of the hall. Some like Potter, forced the collared students to crawl behind them while others let them walk. Albus even saw Looney Lovegood girl jump onto Ginny Weasly's back and use the leash like a whip to make the girl move.

Albus waited for the Ministry or someone to step in at the castle but nothing happened as Potter and the creatures took over the school and used it to plan their take over of the greater Magical World. Somehow Albus was not tied to the castle as he was able to follow Potter and his group's march on the Ministry. Potter did what Riddle had been unable to do as he took over. Whatever had unblocked their creatures seemed to be contagious for as Potter entered the ministry any worker who had creature blood in them went through an inheritance and started to follow the boy.

Albus was a little shocked to see both Fudge and his Undercercetary Dolores were not creatures and put up the last line of defense against Potter only to be killed as Potter and the three snakes blasted the pair to dust before Harry claimed Fudge's office. Using the power of the office, Potter did what he had done at Hogwarts as he had non-creatures become little more than pets or slaves to anyone with Creature blood. This not only included human creatures but other creatures as well as the Goblins shut down any vault not owned by someone with creature blood. House Elves refused to do work for anyone who had not gone through an inheritance if they had worked for a family that did not have any blood would force the humans to start working for them.

No other Ministry or even the ICW stepped in to stop Potter from taking control of the British Ministry even when the creatures treated the normal human Magicals like slaves/pets in the sights of the Muggles. Potter and his crew were breaking the International Statue of Secrecy yet they were suffering from no sanctions or reprisals for their reactions. Hell, they were not even getting arrested by ICW Enforcer Agents. Albus used his ability to check out other locations as a spirit to check out why Potter was not getting charged only to see that the Creatures all over the world had begun to follow Potter's example as they began to take over turning all non-creatures whether they had magic or not into slaves and pets.

With a start, Albus woke up from his nightmare. It was similar to the one he had the night before when Potter's name had come out of the Goblet and the students had been cleansed. The only difference was last night's dream Potter had killed Albus himself with the Elder Wand rather than having one of the snakes do it. Just like yesterday, his hands shook a little as he summoned a Calming Daught to down as he was filled with a desire to make sure, he returned things to normal.

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After the eventful supper, Harry joined Cedric and the Durmstrange students as they went back to Fredric the Great. After his check-up with Doc Zelenka, he wrote a letter to Sirius about what had happened in the last couple of days. He made sure to write it at an angle so Cedric was not aware of him writing to a wanted criminal.

Padfoot,

I don't know if you were aware but they decided to bring back the Triwizard Tournament this year. On November first, my name came out of the goblet as one of the Champions to compete in the tournament. Now before you freak out something else happened. No one can explain it but as my name came out of the goblet a wave of magic was released and cleansed Blocks on anyone who had Creatue-Blood. It seems that since the tournament was meant to be for participants who were of age, I am now seen as an adult in the eyes of Magic, meaning I went through an inheritance as well. I am a Dark High Elf, by the way.

The good news is that due to being recognized as an adult, I was able to remove myself from the tournament without any problems. On the other hand, going through the inheritance led me to be able to see other creatures even if they were not awakened yet.  I also was able to see how people might actually feel about me through visual clues. I say this for looking at Ron he appeared to have eyes that belonged to a demon, which made sense when the Goblin who came to show me what creature I had become gave me a Portkey to head to Gringotts. When I went earlier today I got a full Cleansing since only the blocks on my Creature-Blood had been removed. The bank found I had been under several enchantments and potions geared toward making it easier for the two "friends" of mine you meet last June, Dumbleshit, Ron's Mother and sister to control me. They had also embezzled money from my vaults and taken a lot of my family's treasures.

I am not sharing this with you to make you go after them, Bonecrusher my family's Account Manager is handling that. But when the wave to remove the blocks on Creature-Blood went into effect many of the teachers such as Snape were also Cleansed. How long the blocks had been put in place is anyone's guess, so I would suggest you head to Gringotts to get tested.

Um... well... the thing is I think you might have blocks on your Creature-Blood as well due to. You see... um, the thing is somehow the ability to see other's Creatures even if they had not been released yet I also found out I have a bond with three students in my year. One of which is Draco Malfoy who after a very public display in the Great Hall earlier I got to know a little better. It seems his mother is your cousin, Narcissa he said her name was if that helps. Anyway according to the results when he was tested after the blocks were removed his Mother had the Creature-Blood of a Grimm while his Father is a Veela which somehow gave him the inheritance of an Angel. I don't know how closed off a system the Creature-Blood thing is in the Magical World but if you are cousins I would think you would also have Creature-Blood.

Hope you are doing well. Your Godpup (and wait for it)

Harry Potter Lord of the Houses of Peverell, Gryffindor, Potter, and by Rite of Conquest Slytherin and Gaunt.

P.S. While I know Remus is a Werewolf, maybe you should talk him into going with you to the bank as well.  Just in case he had other enchantments cast on him.

Finishing the letter, Harry rolled it up to give to Hedwig sometime tomorrow. Having been told that when his stuff had been moved from the castle to the room he was sharing with Cedric that Protection Charms on his bag and trunk had been activated, Harry put the letter into his bag knowing that he would be the only one who could get it out. With that taken care of, Harry drank his next health potion that would heal him as he slept before falling right to sleep.

Harry had not been the only one to write a letter to a loved one that night as Draco, Blaise, and Theo wrote to their parents again. The three had already shared with their parents, or in Theo's case his Grandfather, about the Cleansing that had been done by the Goblet of Fire. But with their creatures now being awakened and them finding out they were bonded to Harry Potter, the three were urging their parents to not only get to Gringott again but to see if they could send an Account Manager to Hogwarts next weekend to give them more in-depth test to see if there were any other issues they needed to know about.

After another restful night in Fredrick the Great, Harry headed to his new House Table. Since he was no longer completely distracted by what was going on in his own life, Harry saw that he had not been the only student who had been sent to a new House since George was also sitting at the Slytherin table looking a little strange by himself since Fred was seated across the aisle at the Ravenclaw table. As several students had been sent to new Houses the four Heads of Houses were handing out new timetables for their new charges. Since Gryffindor and Slytherin usually had the majority of classes together, the only change Harry saw in his schedule was that his Charms and History of Magic lessons had been swapped otherwise, he had all the same classes at the same times. Unfortunately, this meant his first class of the day was still Divinations, and since it was a non-core class, not many Slytherins had elected to take it meaning he would have to deal with Ronald right off the back. Not to mention Trelawney there predicting his death. He wondered if he should just drop the class like Granger did last year if he had to put up with those two.

His new Housemates, the Durmstrang students, and Cedric all wished him a good day as he left early to reach Divinations on time. He left even earlier than normal not only due to the distance the classroom was from the Great Hall but also wanting to pick out a spot that would hopefully prevent Ronald from getting too close to him during the lesson. Not that he had much hope in this since Trelawney had her classroom assembled a cramped teahouse with chairs nearly on top of each other and filled with the clogging incense which always seemed to distract him during lessons.

Harry was a little shocked to find the ladder already down when he arrived meaning he did not have to wait for anyone else to show up. As he reached the top, Harry could not stop his mouth from falling open in surprise. It seemed Trelawney had redecorated the room making it look more like the other classrooms at the castle. Gone were the poof chairs and circle tables with their lacy tablecloths. In their place were chairs used in other classrooms, and sure the tables were still the same but the tablecloths were gone leaving fewer tripping hazards for everyone as they moved about the room. But what was even better was there was not a trace of incense in the air meaning Harry did not have to sit by a window and crack it open to breathe.

"Lord Potter welcome," a voice said making him turn and look upon Trelawney. The woman had changed just like her room she still had the glasses that made her eyes look gigantic and bug-like but she was now wearing a simple brown robe that almost looked like it was hand spun or made whatever the case might be. While she was still wearing a shawl it was smaller than her normal ones the new one was just large enough to cover her shoulders which reminded Harry of the female Beaxbaton uniform's shoulder shawl.

"Um, hello Professor," he said.

"I believe I must offer you an apology," she said holding out her hand which had several bandages on it making him wonder if she had hurt herself by making the robe she was now wearing.

"Why?" he asked.

"For my actions of predicting your Death since you first started with me. I am sure you heard that that is my favorite way to greet a class, and while we are all going to die I should not have made a big deal of it. Though I should point out from a certain point of view, I was correct," she said.

"What?" he asked.

"Well, there are some who believe that when one goes through a Creature-Blood Inheritance it is akin to the death of their old non-creature life to their new one. So with that way of thinking you did "die young" since your creature awoke before you would normally be considered of age. Still, I should not have mentioned it, at least once a class so I would like to offer you my most sincere apologies," Trelwaney said giving him a deep bow so her shawl almost fell off. "I shall not mention your mortality again in class. It will be one of the numerous changes I have made since the events of Saturday night.

You can already see some changes with how my room is now set up but also getting rid of the burning incense. As to why I did it, it seems that just like you and many others I had blocks in place. I am not ashamed to admit that I did not have the Gift before then, so I acted in a way to make it seem I did. But once my second sight was awakened I saw everything I had been doing was not only holding you and your classmates back but making a mockery of those who have the Gift. Sort of like the Muggle Side-Shows do to people who do possess strange powers. I will be going over with the changes when everyone gets here. Also, you do not have to worry about being seated next to Messer Weasley, for I decided to take a page out of Minerva's book and assign seating for everyone. Your seat is over there by the window, which I assume you will no longer need to open to breathe," she said with a smile as she pointed at his newly assigned seat.

Harry felt a little gobsmacked as he took his seat and pulled out his course book, quill, and some parchment. As his classmates arrived there were more shocked sounds at the state of the room and Professor Trelwaney, but she just told everyone where they were now seated rather than go into it like she had with Harry. With the news assigned seating, Harry found himself seated beside Neville.  His former housemate shared with Harry since they had not been able to talk since his name had come out of the Goblet and was unaware that with his abilities Harry could actually see what creature he would become, that he was a Trent/Woodelf hybrid. The last seat at their table was taken by Lavender Brown who did not have any creature blood in her but with Harry's new abilities, he saw that while she smiled at them she was disappointed to not be with Parvati but also how the room and Trelwaney had changed. Ron meanwhile was on the complete opposite side of the room, right before Trelwaney's table, and was seated alone.

"Good morning everyone. I am sure you are all surprised by the changes that I have made in the classroom," she said as many of the students could not help but think that was an understatement. "As everyone is aware by now, the Goblet of Fire acted in a way to change numerous people around the castle. It turned out I was one of them as my Gift was fully awakened. With my Second Sight now open to the world, I felt the measures I had to go through to portray it previously were a little much, so I toned it down a little. Also as it is rare for people to be gifted with Second Sight or any other words you would like to call it, I have made some changes to our curriculum. Knowing that you might not have the Gift, I will switch focus to teaching you the ways one might divine the future. What this means is that I will want you to show your work on how you reached your "predictions" in your classwork for it will be how you reach your answer, not the predictions that I will be grading from now on.

I have also assigned seating to better help you in this class upon seeing some Wayline connections between your new seatmates. You may work together if you like on your classwork but like some teachers do, I will be casting a charm which will show me how much work each student is contributing to the work. And now that that is out of the way let's start on today's lesson. We will be starting out, and for the next month or so, by correcting some of the lessons we had in the past. So we will be returning to crystal gazing this week," Professor Trelwaney said as with a flick of her wand placed Crstyal Balls on everyone's tables.

"When last we looked into the crystalline orbs, I had you clear your minds to see patterns in the mist within. Since that was a little esoteric not to mention hard to grade, I want you all to just take a moment and peer into the orb. They say the mist inside is akin to the mist of time and only someone with the gift can pierce them. I urge you just to watch the mist swirl around for a moment and if you are lucky you might get something. I will not say what for the moment not wanting to influence you during your gazing," Professor Trelwaney told them. She then showed another change as rather than walk around the room to "help" them see the future she went back to her table and had some tea. She sat there for a bit nursing her cup and looking around the room to see how everyone was doing. When she would take a drink she would also hide a small smile seeing the students spend their time between looking into the crystal balls and gazing around to see how everyone else was doing.

Just like all the time last year when he had to look into the crystal ball, Harry felt a little foolish as he watched the swirling smoke inside. He did admit that without the incense he was able to focus more on the orb than previously as he gazed inside, his head propped on his left hand. He was honestly surprised that after about ten minutes he was able to see something. The mist inside started to look like a pillow before it swirled around again to make the pillow shift into a profile of a face with its mouth open. Not sure if they were meant to or not, Harry started to write down what he saw on his parchment in case they had to turn it in at the end of the lesson. Neville and Lavender seeing this started to write down what they saw as well which in turn led to everyone except Ron doing it.  The redhead looked like he had fallen asleep with his eyes open gazing into his orb.

When there were ten minutes to the bell, Professor Trelwaney got up from her seat and got everyone's attention. "I see by the way most of you started to take notes that you might have started to see things within your orbs. Well done all of you. I can not grade them but the fact that you all could see something is still good. Now as to what I did not say when you started, after a time your mind would have started to see shapes. This is like when you have some free time so you spend it just lying in the grass looking at the sky and seeing shapes appear in the clouds.

Funny little thing the human mind is, with its ability to see patterns when they sometimes don't exist. Your ability to see patterns will help you, well I hate to say Master Crystle Gazing since unless you have the Gift you can't get true results, but let's just say a skill with it. For your homework I want you to see if the images you saw within the orb have anything in common. I am not looking for something in common like first seeing a cat before it turned into a bird meaning they were both animals but any factor that the items share even if it was size or looks. I look forward to reading all about them later. Good day everyone," she said giving them a bow of farewell just as the bell rang ending the lesson. As everyone filed out of the room, Harry left them as they headed to History of Magic when he headed to his new Charms period.

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Lucius Malfoy's Perspective

Having received the letter from both his son and his old allies among the Hogwarts Governers about what had happened with the Goblet of Fire, Lucius and his wife headed to Gringotts. They were going to get tested to prove the validity of their son's test but also go through a Cleansing to unleash their Blocked Creature Inheritance. It seemed they were not the only ones as the lobby of the bank was standing room only with two lines in use. One coming from the front doors heading out into the alley, while the ones the Malfoys were in was a combination line from the Bank's Floo Rooms and Apparition cave.

Lucius was just glad that there were Gringott Banks located in all the magical alleys around the nation otherwise they would have been in line longer than they had been. And considering that it took Narcissa and him a full hour to make their way to a teller, he was glad there were not more people in the bank. He was also glad that the Malfoy and Black families had Account Managers so that they could go right to a Goblins' office rather than wait around longer like some of the less wealthy families were.

When they were led back to see their Account Managers, however, only Scythfang, the Malfoy Account Manager was there. "Where is Downax?" Narcissa asked as she and her husband took their seats across from him.

"The Black Famly Account Manager is busy at the moment, so I will be running both your tests," Scythfang said pulling out all the normal objects to run an Inheritance test that Lucius was used to until he also pulled out a grayish-black sickle.

"What is that for?" both Lucius and Narcissa asked.

"Thanks to almost the entire bank being summoned to Hogwarts after the Goblet unleashed the Cleansing wave, our Artrifactors have put together a way to reveal if a person has a block placed on their Creature Inheritance. This sickle will act as a suppressant to any blocks either of you may have. Further testing has also revealed that some had other enchantments placed on them tied to the Blocks making them undetected by normal scans previously. Therefore everyone who comes in to find out if they have blocks in place will undergo a full Cleansing," Scythfang explained.

Lucius approved of taking the test since according to his son, Draco's test had revealed that both Lucius and Narcissa had blocks on their creatures. If similar notes were listed on his even if Abraxus and Cassandra Malfoy were dead, it might be another step toward finding out when the blocks had started to be placed.* Narcissa had agreed to the test, for as a Healer she did not want anything that might affect her abilities in place.

With the addition of the enchanted sickle, the inheritance test took just a few moments longer than the ones Lucius had witnessed during his job as a lawyer. But the results printed out like they normally did. Lucius did see that his parents were both Veela's but had not had their creatures blocked which gave him the start of a timeline to when the blocks were first put in place. What surprised Lucius was that just like Scythfang said there were some enchantments he had been under that were tied to the blocks on his Veela side. One of the enchantments had led him to be Marked by Voldemort. "Does this mean when I get cleansed I will not only have my creature awakened but also be free of that monster?" he asked.

"Yes," Scythfang answered simply. Lucius was so overjoyed by the news, that he accidently skipped over the next line in his results dealing with the mate of his creature, which unfortunately was not his wife.

Arthur Weasley's Perspective

Arthur had a feeling that the Diagon Alley branch of Gringotts would be busy with others going to get cleansed, so he talked his wife into getting tested at the Gringotts at Minuet Street. The lines were still longer than normal for the branch but they were able to get through them in just twenty minutes. Twenty Long Minutes considering Molly had complained the entire time saying they did not need to get clenased, and it was better to be a normal human Magical than some dirty beast blood. Arthur was not the only one losing patience with his wife by the time they met with a teller and were invited to use one of the conference rooms as Halbert was summoned from the Diagon Alley branch. Arthur thought the Goblins were doing it just to get Molly out of the way and to prevent anyone from attacking her in the lobby.

It took Halbert a further ten minutes to arrive, Arthur standing to greet the Account Manager, as Protocol dictated while Molly stayed seated looking annoyed that she was there. Halbert was not put off by her actions, having long ago come to terms, that she was one of Albus's toadies and would never show any of his kind the proper respect.

"Good day, Arthur, I take it you are ready to get tested and cleansed?" Halbert asked.

"We just came to get Cleansed actually," Arthur said.

"Actually before you can be cleansed the banks have issued that everyone must be tested," Halber explained.

"Why?  Is this just another way for you to take our money?" Molly sneered.

"No, both procedures are being done for free for everyone," Halbert said.

"Really?" Molly and Arthur said in unison shocked by the Goblins' unexpected generosity.

"Until we know more about what has happened to the population of this nation regarding these blocks the bank is just keeping how you say a tab on all the procedures until we find out the cause of what went on."

"Dear Merlin," Arthur said not wanting to be the one responsible for placing the blocks for if the Goblins were testing everyone the final charge would more than likely be more than the national debt.

"Well, get on with it then," Molly said eagerly guessing how expensive both procedures would cost and loving that they were being done for free.

"Very, well, " Halbert said as he pulled out the necessary items and tested both of his clients. He breathed a sigh of relief when both tests revealed that neither Arthur nor Molly had a predestined mate thanks to their Creature sides.  He had already heard from some other Managers who found their clients once they had been cleansed had Magically chosen mates from their Creature Blood.  It sounded like a nightmare to have to deal with, so he counted his lucky gems that his clients did not have to deal with that hiccup.  However, as he looked through his copy of their documents, Halbert saw the Weasleys had another issue altogether. 

One of the reasons that the pair of humans did not have predetermined mates was their creatures.  Due to Arthur being a Chimera, he could have successfully bonded with any Creature Blooded-human.  Molly, on the other hand, as a Banshee should have been unable to mate with any but a creature with sound protection magic as part of their makeup.  Looking over the creatures of their offspring, only the four youngest having been cleansed as of now, though he expected Curse Breaker Willaim to get one sone, he noticed that only one of Arthur and Molly's kids did not have a creature inheritance.  It seems that thanks to Arthur's Chimera side they had been able to produce offspring at all, but the process had gotten weaker the more kids they had.  Hence the youngest boy was registered as pure human while their only daughter was a creature that would be unable to find a mate at all.  

Knowing Molly's normal attitude, Halbert gave the pair time to read their results before explaining the nature of their kids' creature results.  Just as he expected Molly got on his case when he informed them that Ginervra would be unable to legally get married to anyone.  "And Why is That?!  My Baby is perfect, why should it be illegal for her to get married?"

"As your daughter is listed as a Succubus she can not help but drain the lifeforce and magic out of anyone she would have sex with.  It is just in her nature.  So unless she gets permission not only from the family of her future mate, but also your Ministry she would be arrested if she tried to sleep with anyone," Halbert explained patiently to her.

"But how did she become such a dangerous creature?" Arthur asked.

"It unfortunately is down to the slight incompatibility of your creatures.  As I said before a Chimera can bond with most creatures but a Banshee can only safely bond with a creature with certain traits.  Your Chimerian protections protected your elder kids but had run dry when you got to your last two.  You are just lucky that there were enough protections left when Ronald was born to make him just plain human.  It could have just as easily run out and made him an Incubus, or the male version of what Ginvera is," Halbert explained seeing their confused looks.

"Can't we just block her creature again?" Arthur asked.

Halbert tried his best to keep the scorn out of both his face and tone knowing that Arthur was asking the question not out of malicious intent but ignorance.   "No Healer human or otherwise would cast such a spell for to cut off one's creature is tantamount to chopping off one of their arms or legs.  Hence the bank is waiting to charge the person or group responsible for the blocks on everyone to bill and press criminal charges against.  I understand you wish for your daughter to have a good life but her creature is too dangerous to try to reproduce.  We are just lucky that we live today, even a century ago if she was found to be a Succubus she would have been at the kindes imprisoned for life or just killed off."

"They would not dare," Molly screeched making Halbert add a note to her cleansing file to make sure those who performed her cleansing had sound-canceling or muffling spells in place if she was so loud with her creature blocked who could tell what it would be like when her Banshiee side was freed.

Sirius Black's Perspective

After getting Harry's letter, Sirius let a sigh of relief finding out that Harry had been made into a Champion for the Triwizard, became recognized as a legal adult, and then thankfully removed himself from the tournament.  As he had been staying with Remus, Sirius had also passed on the suggestion that they both head to Gringotts and get tested.  The problem was how to accomplish it.  Just cause Cousin Narcissa had a listed creature did not mean that Sirius had one blocked or otherwise, meaning he could not join Remus in going to Trap Street's Gringotts Branch.  Nor could he just appear in any other branch due to his escaped prisoner status.  Sirius knew that the Goblins would not care about him being wanted by the Ministry, but Sirius could not chance the use of a spell or potion just in case Alastor Moody or any other human with a Magical Goblin eye replacement might be at the bank.

He did not see any other choice so after getting Harry's letter, Sirius took Remus to the Black Family's main property to try to contact Downax and see if the Goblin would consent to do a home visit.  Thankfully he was not magically removed from the Black family castle and headed to his Grandfather's old study.  As his Grandfather had been the last head of the family before passing it down to Sirius when he died and shortly before Sirius had been sent to Azkaban, the place should register him as Lord Black.  He did not believe he had lost his placement in his family, for the Ministry had never given him a trial for his "crimes" so had not stripped him of his rank.  As Sirius looked through his Grandfather's desk for the tool to call a family's Account Manager, Sirius could not help but wonder what some of his old co-workers who had been promoted to the Heads of Magical Law and the Aurors would think of him being sent to Azkaban as a Lord of a House.

Sirius was able to find the contact mirror linked to Downax and asked the Goblin Manager to come to Black Castle with the necessary equipment to perform two tests.  Downax promised he would be right over with the proper gear, and less than three minutes later he stepped out of the office's Floo.  "Lord Black, I am glad you got in contact with me.  Not only so I could perform the test, but I have some news.  The new Lord Potter and his Account Manager have unblocked the late Lord and Lady Potter's Will both of which proved your innocence of the crime you had been imprisoned for.  The Potter Account Manager is in the process of revealing this to your lot's Ministry but with everything going on at the moment it will take some time," Downax said making Sirius give one of his bark-like laughs before pulling Remus into a kiss, starting the Werewolf a little. 

"Yes, it is good news.  Now I assume that the pair of you are the ones getting tested?" Downax asked.

"Yep," Sirius said still smiling.

"If it is not to much trouble," Remus said after wiping his mouth off with his sleeve.  "Though I am not sure if there will be anything on me since I already know I am a Werewolf."

"If your creature was not blocked why do you wish to get tested?" Downax asked.

"It was my Godson, Harry Potter, who suggested it.  Just in case someone had placed enchantments on him rather than blocking his creature," Sirius explained.

"I see.  I do admit we have not considered that.  I shall have to talk to one of my supervisors about it when I get back to the bank," Downax said as he got the stuff out for the two tests.

As neither Sirus nor Remus had even been tested before or witnessed a test being given they had not noticed the added artifact that was used to block out any extra charms cast on them that would interfere with their results.  Nor did either of them ask about paying for the test, Sirius just assuming the money would be taken from his vault since he requested the pair of tests.  When they got the results both had been shocked.  Remus did have some enchantments that Harry had worried about such as one that surpassed parts of his wolf, which explained why he had never sought Harry out after Lily and James had died.  Sirius on the other hand saw that unlike what Harry had written concerning his Cousin and her Creature, Grimm-Born, Sirius' creature was listed as an Angel.  Sirius had laughed at this thinking he was nowhere near angelic by anyone's standards.  Sirius was aware that Angel-Blood was a Recessive creature in the Black Family according to some of the history he had once read growing up.

Sirius' laughter died away when he read the next line after his creature and saw that according to his test, his Creature was an Omega and had a predetermined Mate.  "Okay I can accept I am an Angel more than I can who I am destined for," Sirius said shaking his head.

"Can't be any worse than who I was meant to be with," Remus said shocked by his own destined mate.

"You wanna bet?" Sirius challenged.

"What's the wager this time?" Remus said knowing there was no chance he could lose.

"The winner gets to pick the loser's new nickname which we will put on the Marauders' Map next time we see Harry," Sirius said after a moment of consideration not wanting to wager money with his old friend.

"Deal, I hope you don't mind being Wuggles," Remus teased.

"Not going to happen, Sir-Waggs-A-lot," Sirius shot back.

The pair then counted to ten before they revealed their results.  But seeing the name on each other's form they admit it was a tie.  On Sirius' form, his Destined Mate was listed as Lucius Malfoy.  Yet on Remus's form, his Destined Mate was none other than Luciou's current wife, Narcissa Malfoy nee Black.

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Since most of the population of England, Wales, and Great Britain had been found to have Blocked on any Creature Blood they had the Gringotts Cursebreaker and Healer teams were busy performing Cleansings. Even with Downax's client being a Lord of his House and a member of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, Sirius would have had to wait for at least a week before getting time to get Cleansed. However, Downax knew he could not wait that long to get either his client or Messer Lupin Cleansed since on the pair results there was a line about a self-activating Memory Charm which would make them forget about finding out they had enchantments placed on them.

Due to the spell on them, Downax requested an immediate Cleansing to be done on his Client and Messer Lupin. Downax sent a priority request to the Healer and Cursebreaker teams, not wanting to leave the Black Family Castle in case the Memory Charm activated. The Goblin Account Manager got a response back ten minutes later letting him know his request had been approved and four spots have been cleared for Sirius, Lupin as well as the Malfoys since the Bank saw on the copy of the test they received that the current Malfoy Lord and his Wife were the destined mates of Sirius and Lupin. Downax decided not to inform his client or Messer Lupin about the Malfoys going through a Cleansing at the same time they did seeing how the pair had acted after seeing their results.

"I have received confirmation from Gringotts that your Cleansing will be seen right away. However, as we have been unable to prove your innocence, Lord Black, I will be giving you a Goblin artifact that will produce a powerful Glamor that only Goblins are able to penetrate," Downax said pulling out a rune-covered cuff from his bag.

"Why do I need that? Since the test shows I have Creature Blood, why not just have me get Cleansed at the Trap Street Branch?" Sirius asked.

"Well for one thing, until your Creature Blood is no longer blocked you can not enter the Wards around Trap Street. Secondly, if we perform your Cleansing at the Diagon Alley Branch after it is done, we can meet up with your Godson's Account Manager and hopefully expedite revealing your innocence to the right people," Downax explained.

"Fine," Sirius said as he took the cuff and put in on his non-dominant wrist. As Remus was not on the cleared list to see him, he had to laugh at what Sirius now looked like.

While his friend had been illegally detained in the worst prison in the world for over twelve years, Sirius had still retained his form. Though for all Remus knew the slim muscular form he saw Sirius having was down to his time on the run, or possibly due to some of Sirius' Angel side leaking through the Blocks that had been placed on him. But thanks to the Goblin Glamor, Sirius appeared to be a fat man with oversized glasses covering dirty hazel eyes, crooked teeth, and a mop of messy brown hair and matching walrus-like mustaches. If Remus' Wolf had not been blocked and he had gone to check on Harry growing up, he would sort of recognize the disguise the Goblins had given Sirius as a copy of Vernon Dursley as he appeared as a younger man while wearing Harry's glasses. The Goblins had chosen this look on some of the memories the team that performed the Cleansing on Harry had witnessed. Their plan was to find out if anyone else would recognize the faux-Vernon Dursley form. This could mean they had seen Heir Potter before he was brought back into the Magical World, yet had not reported it.

As Downax was bringing Sirius and Remus to the bank, Scythefang informed Lucius and Narcissa about getting moved ahead to the front of the line for Cleansing. "Why the special treatment?" Narcissa asked not trusting this sort of generosity from the Goblins, especially at a time like this.

"I think you both failed to read a line in your results," Scythfang pointed out as he reached over and jabbed a finger at the line dedicated to their Creature Mates.

"WHAT IN MERLIN AND MORGANA'S NAME?!?" Lucius asked seeing his Veela-side was the Dominant Mate of Sirius Black who was listed as an Angel.

"Our Creatures were not meant for each other," Narcissa said in a more calm voice as she saw her Grimm-side had been destined to mate Remus Lupin who had been another person with Grimm-Blood before he had been made into a Werewolf.

"That is correct, and unless I am mistaken Lady Magic while approving your union did not like the fact that the mates she and the other Elders chose for you were not followed," Sycthfang said.

"And how do you work that out?" Narcissa asked.

"As you two had an offspring together before the mates you should have had if your creatures had not been blocked it determined Heir Malfoy's Creature. As neither the Malfoys nor the Secondary Line of Blacks has any Angel Blood in them, there should have been no way Young Draco would have gained access to an Angel inheritance, yet he did. This shows that Lady Magic or one of the other Elders got involved. As Lord Malfoy's destined Mate is Lord Black who comes from the Main Black family line as well as being in line for the Lordship/Heirship, he should have become an Angel when he was of age," Scythfang guessed.

"If what you say is true why not have Draco gain the blood from either my or Remus' creature?" Narcissa asked.

"Well, you are both listed as having Grimm Blood before he was made into a Werewolf, which can only be transferred via a bite rather than birth. So I guess Lady Magic or one of the others chose so if you learned about your son's creature side it might raise some concerns and get you all tested. However, considering the Blocks that had been in place on everyone were not registered on any test, I may be mistaken and young Draco's creature is a random anomaly," Scythfang said with a shrug.

"This still does not explain why our Cleansing is being moved forward," Lucius pointed out.

"Ah, well the business Account Manager Downax was doing was seeing to Lord Black and Messer Lupin. They also know about the connections between themselves and both your creatures. However, they also have some enchantments on them to make them forget about finding any of this out. So they are getting Cleansed as soon as possible. As we have discovered numerous accounts of Creature Mateships getting messed with King Bonebreaker the VIII has declared until we know more, anybody who has a creature mate they are not already married to will be Cleansed at the same time as the creature mate. This is one of the reasons scheduling Cleansings is taking so long since sometimes there are groups of ten people who have married beings other than their creature mates in one hectic knot of problems," Scythfang explained.

"If it is bank policy, I guess we have no choice," Lucius said through gritted teeth.

"Glad that we have that settled, please follow me," the Malfoy Family Account Manager said leading the current Malfoy Lord and Lady out of his office to one of the Cleansing rooms.

Hogwarts

Now that the four of them had some free time, Harry, Draco, Theo, and Blaise were trying to determine the nature of their relationship. As of right now, the only thing they knew was that Harry was the submissive of the group but they did not know if they were all bonded together, or possibly a set of them only bound with Harry with the third on their own. The group had turned to the Durmstrange and Beauxbaton contingents to find out any information on how to tell about the makeup of a Creature's Mateship. Since there were no books about Creatue Blood in the Hogwarts Libraries, even in the restricted section. The only books that Hogwarts had on anything creature-related were about Werewolfs, and non-sentient creatures or ones that could not breed with humans such as Kappas.

Doc Zelenka also helped out by doing a more thorough scan of each of their Creatures so they would have a baseline. As Harry's placement in the group was known, he was just there to observe. Unless he needed to take part, Harry spent his time either watching Draco, Blaise, and Theo or working on his homework. He had been having some trouble finding a connection to the things he had seen in the crystal ball, the pillow, a face in profile with its mouth open, some type of flower, a large trunked tree, what looked like a harp, and a sapling. Sure three of the images contained a type of plant but that did not explain the pillow, face, or the harp.

"This is annoying," Draco said looking up from his research into Angel-Blooded Magicals.

"What's wrong?" Theo asked looking up from his book on Fairy Kind. Before the group tried anything they were all researching their new Creature sides in hopes of finding a way to determine what their creature would do to show power in a Mateship.

"According to this, unless an Angel is mated to another Angel, they are always at the bottom of a Mateship. That can not be true since both ours and Harry's test tell us his creature is the Submissive in our group," Draco said glaring a little at the book. Blaise and Theo had to quickly look away from him since the glare Draco was giving the book looked more like a pout than anything.

"Has there really been no case or evidence of an Angel dominant?" Harry asked leaning over to look at the book Draco had been reading. Before the Cleanse, Draco would have pushed Harry away as the smaller boy leaned into him making their elbows bump together, but now he just allowed it as he fought back the urge to wrap an arm around Harry's waist and pull him closer.

"If we were not all connected as a group but paired off would we get jealous seeing the person we are not connected to act like that to our submissive?" Blaise asked Doc Zelenka.

"No, not really even if you were not all part of an overall Mateship, your creatures would be aware of Heir Malfoys connection to Lord Potter so you would not feel jealous or threatened by it," the Durmstrange Healer explained.

"Jealous of what, exactly?" Draco asked looking over at his two friends and the Healer.

"Well, the two of you do look rather cute together," Theo explained using his wand to transform the notes he had taken into a mirror so Harry and Draco could see each other. Taking in how close he was to Draco and the slight blush on the blonde's cheeks, Harry quickly pulled away blushing even deeper than Draco had been as Theo removed the spell on his notes.

"That is something though," Doc Zelenka said running his hands through his messy hair.

"What is?" Theo, Draco, and Blaise asked while Harry feeling too embarrassed tried to calm himself a little.

"Heir Zabini, did you also find Heir Malfoy and Lord Potter to be cute together?" Doc Zelenka asked.

"A little bit, sorry Draco," Blaise admitted.

"I see, I think this calls for a test," the Healer said as he had Harry lean into both Blaise and Theo one at a time to get the others' reactions. Seeing Harry lean into the other Blaise and Theo did not have much of a reaction, though Draco said he wanted to join in to cuddle his face nearly red as he blushed.

"I think this confirms that Heir Malfoy while being a dominant for Lord Potter is the bottom-ranked Dominant in the group," Zelenka said.

"How do you figure that?" Draco asked still blushing.

"If your creature led to being more dominant than either Heir Zabini or Nott you would have found Lord Potter curling into them as cute as they found the pair found you with Lord Potter. But as you looked at Lord Potter with them you wanted to join in for a cuddle," Doc Zelenka said.

"So the book is right, an Angel is a bottom in a Mateship, even if he is listed as a Dominant if there is more than one Dominant," Theo said adding that to his notes.

"It is more than likely that Heir Malfoy is actually a Switch depending on who he is with. If he would be with you or Heir Zabini he would be a bottom but with Lord Potter, he is a top," Doc Zelenka said making both Harry and Draco blush so hard their faces looked like the Weasley's family hair.

Wanting to leave this conversation, at least for the moment, Harry returned to his homework. Draco as a means to escape, said he had to use the bathroom and nearly ran from the room. Blaise and Theo had to bite their lips to stop laughing at Draco's actions, not wanting their friend to take their chuckles the wrong way. The pair decided to go back to their reading. Both males could not help but let out a breath of relief, seeing that their newly awakened creatures were not like Angels regarding their placement in a group's Mateship. However, it did not get them any closer to discovering their own placement in this new Mateship.

Neither did a test performed by Doc Zelenka to measure their strength in both magic and physical means. Theo dominated when it came to Magic, but Blaise was the stronger in the physical department. Harry could not help but look up during both tests and marveled as Blaise broke some boards with his bare hands as well as lifting some weights that Doc Zelenka steadily increased in weight. Theo was no less impressive when it came to the magic test as he was able to use non-verbal spells to perform every challenge the Healer gave him. Theo even improvised a little during some of the Magic Test which had led to his greater score compared to Blaise. While Theo looked happy that he won during the Magic Test, he also looked slightly annoyed that to perform his best he had to slip into his Fairy form.

Surprisingly Theo also slipped into his Fairy form during some of the physical tests and managed to do almost as well as Blaise did. The only thing that Theo bested Blaise in during the physical test was a practice duel using foam swords that Doc Zelenak summoned. Not only was Theo able to dodge most of Blaise's attacks due to his small Fairy size he looked to be a master with the sword. It was shocking when Theo also admitted that he had never used a sword before, real or otherwise, before the test. "Heir Nott, I would suggest you take a closer look at your family history, especially your Fairy Side," Doc Zelenka told the pale-skinned dominant.

"Why?" Theo asked.

"Since you say you have never used a sword before, yet only showed some skill with it in your Fairy form it could mean that is part of a natural skill given to you from your Creature Blood. Yet since sword use is not a magical ability, it could mean your family has a history of using that type of weapon but only as Fairies," Doc Zelenka explained.

"I shall get in touch with my Grandfather to see if he knows anything," Theo said.

"Should I look into my family as well to see if my abilities are natural or from my Creature?" Blaise asked.

"You could if you want, but I think yours might be more natural since you allowed me to see memories of your pre-cleansed appearance," the Healer said since unlike Draco and Theo since Blaise held Elf Blood his creature form could not be removed once it had been unleashed. This did give Blase a very unique look due to his dark skin yet long blonde hair which reached to the middle of his back.

"If my abilities might be natural and Theo's come from his Creature side does that give us any indication of our placement in the Mateship?" Blaise asked.

"Not normally, but depending on what you both learn after asking your families it could reveal if others in your lines are more prone to being the highest rank Dominant of a group if they were in Mateships involving more than two people," Doc Zelenka said.

Gringotts

Sirius woke up from his Cleansing feeling better than he had in years. He had not felt this good since before being sent to Azkaban. The only thing he felt was wrong was the bed he was on was way too small with his feet and arms sticking off the sides of it. He knew it was due to the Gringotts Healing Wards were mostly used for their own kind that got injured but he guessed now that the bank would be doing all these Cleansing there would be more human-sized beds in the future. Sirius suddenly became aware that one of his hands was holding onto something. Blinking his eyes a little he turned to the side where he was gripping something. Seeing what he was grasping, Sirius' eyes shot open to find he was holding Lucius Malfoy's hand. Recognizing the slightly older blonde from when he had been at Hogwarts. What was more, just like him, Lucius was still wearing the robe from a Cleansing, and his right arm was exposed where the sleeve had shifted upward as the man recovered. Sirius knew the stories of Lucius being a Death Eater and had some memories of the man's voice coming from one of his masked foes during some battles in the last war, but Lucius's arm was bare with no sight of the Dark Mark on it.

Seeing Lucius was not awake yet, Sirius tried to pull his hand free of the other's grip. Yet rather than getting free, Lucius gave a small tug pulling Sirius out of his bed and over to him. Sirius had to blush as he found himself cuddled into the older blonde's chest. What was worse Lucius still appeared to be unconscious as he brought in his other arm and wrapped Sirius in a tight hug.

While Sirius was unable to see it, Lucius had been holding onto Narcissa's hand before he let her go to hug Sirius. The moment her hand was let go, Narcissa turned over herself to her other side where she had been holding Remus's hand and her Creature Side acting on instinct climbed into the bed with Remus all without waking up. As she curled into Remus' chest, the Werewolf woke with a start as his nose was filled with her scent. Surprised to find Narcissa Malfoy curled into his chest, Remus found himself wrapping his arms tight around her, though shifting her body a little so the pair of them were lying side beside and face to face. Remus due to his condition had never really been with anyone so was not really sure what to do, though he felt a strong urge to kiss the sleeping woman in his arms.

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Gringotts

The Goblins were still working twenty-four hours a day to test and cleanse the adult Magical population of the British Isles. While this would lead to some overwork and overtime pay for their staff, the Goblin leadership could not celebrate each procedure they performed. Even if they were not getting paid for their services, the bill was being set aside to bill the person revealed to be responsible for blocking everyone's creature blood. King Bonebreaker the VIII, had his suspicions based on the culprit based on the timeline his people were forming with what they found during the Cleansing, but for the moment he was not going to make a move on the person just in case he was wrong.

The largest issue that the bank had to deal with was the growing number of mulit-group Cleasnings which had to be performed together based on the Creature Mateships who had ended up in marriages with others when their creature sides had been blocked. This became even harder when some of the destined Creature Mates had not come to the bank to get tested, some even refusing to be tested due to the Anti-Creature beliefs which were slowly disappearing but were still prevalent in the nation. Trying to combat this, the Goblins updated their policy that if a person got tested and it was revealed they had Creature Blood, the person had to undergo a Cleansing or lose access to their vaults.

This only caused hardliners who refused to get tested to start complaining that the Goblins were trying to take over or steal the money from the population making those who trusted the Ministry, which the majority of complaints were coming from, refuse to get tested lest the Goblins steal from them. Even with all but one branch on the island posting the updated procedure when it came to testing and Cleansing for everyone to see, many still refused to get it done. The one branch that did not post the new bank procure was located on Trap Street. However, the workers at that bank did still offer their clients testing to see if those who had unblocked Creature Blood still somehow had Enchantments on them. After getting his permission, the Trap Street Bank used some information about what had been done to Remus Lupin to showcase Creature Blooded Magicals who had never been blocked might have enchantments done to them.

Also, thanks to Remus, Sirius, and Harry's results the Goblins did have proof that Albus was interfering with others' accounts, unlike the suspension King Bonebreaker had against the man. With concrete proof, the Goblins were able to level heavy fines against Albus and some of his listed allies. Yet rather than send notices of the fines being leveled against him and his allies, the Goblins working on Harry's Account Manager's idea just collected the funds he owed from the old bastard's accounts and replaced them with Gringott's level Leprechaun Gold which would stay in Albus and his allies' accounts until they tried to use it. The Leprechaun Gold would not be noticeable if the person was just looking at their account records and would only vanish if the person tried to buy something with it. When the affected parties showed up to the bank to complain about the money disappearing the Goblins would arrest them and hold them for Goblin Justice.

The majority of adults who did agree to get tested were the parents or guardians of the Hogwarts students who the Goblet of Fire had already Cleansed. Madam Amelia Bones was one of the highest-ranked people working at the Ministry who had gone through a Cleaning thanks to a letter from her Niece and charge, Susan. Finding out she held the blood of a Sphinx which once it had been unblocked increased her mental abilities and led Madam Bones to contact each member of the Ministry who had gone through a Cleansing since the Goblet's Cleansing. Some of the parents of Hogwarts students who had gotten Cleansed but did not work at the Ministry hearing what she was doing also started to get in contact with her.

Lucius and Narcissa added their names to the growing list of people, though keeping their newly discovered Creature Mates a secret. Mostly due to the Ministry dealing with the Creature Blood population boom around the country, they had not had time to deal with almost anything else let alone the Potters' Wills showing Sirius was innocent. There was also the personal issue of keeping both men out of the whole affair. Just like many newly awakened Creature Blooded Magicals found, just cause they might have a listed destined mate did not mean they immediately stopped loving anyone they had bonded with when their blood had been blocked.

Nor in all cases did the destined mates instantly form a bond between themselves after their blocks had been removed. Sirius, for instance, was still overly cautious around Lucius due to them facing off in the last war, but also due to Sirius preferring less former and more down-to-earth things while Lucius loved exotic and pretty extravagant items. Their different taste in most things lead the pair of men to butt heads more often than not as they got to know each other better, much to the amusement of Remus and Narcissa who had formed a bond quicker and easier than the pair.

With the growing list of adult Magicals who had undergone a Cleansing at the bank, Madam Bones finally presented the findings to the full Wizengamot making it mandatory for each member to attend as well as Minister Fudge. Minister Fudge was normally not allowed since he had taken the post of Minister for Magic just as it was in the bylaws of the governing body. The Fudge family still could vote in the Wizengamot but Cornelius who was the Head of the line had to have a lesser member of his clan hold the family seats until he was out of office, just like all previous Ministers for Magic were required to do. Unlike most of his predecessors, Cornelius did not allow his younger brother who sat in the family seats to choose how to vote but told the man what to do thus bypassing the normal protocol of the governing body.

As Amelia took the floor for her presentation, she saw that thanks to the Cleansings that were happening there had been a shift in the parties in the Wizengamot. There were now a lot more people in the Gray or Neutral Party than there had been before, most likely due to both the Light and Dark Parties always trying to pass laws that dealt with certain Creature Blooded Magicals to strip them of their rights and powers. Due the the change in party structure being rather recent the Gray Party which now held the Majority of votes had not yet had time to vote on which of their number would serve as Chief Warlock/Wixen, so at the time the seat was vacant.

This caused Albus to throw a silent hissy-fit in his family seat which due to its power was halfway up the Light Party's section in the hall. With the Chief Warlock's seat being vacant for the meeting led Cornelius to use it so he was close to the center of the room, which did nothing to reduce Albus's anger. "I thank everyone for coming to this special meeting of the Wizengamot," Amelia began only to have someone stand up to interrupt her.

"I object to this meeting on several levels," Dolores Umbridge cried out standing from her seat being the one in charge of the smear campaign against Gringotts.

"And what are those reasons?" Amelia asked pleasantly as if she had met the toad-like woman in line in the Ministry's lunch room and Umbridge had just said she disliked the meal for the day.

"For one thing, despite our illustrious Minster being involved in this meeting," the woman said simperingly as she nodded to Cornelius, "we can not do anything until we have a proper Chief Warlock in place."

"Anything else," Amelia asked not even bothering to take any notes at the suggestion nor end the meeting.

"Yes, the presence of children in the hall," Umbridge said pointing one of her stubby fingers at a group of Hogwarts students who had been given permission to come to the meeting.

"As the summons I sent to everyone under my role of Chief Totem Gaurd to this body stated. this meeting is mandatory for everyone. Those students who you have an issue with are of age and hold seats here but due to still attending Hogwarts use proxies during normal meetings. Since I felt that the use of proxies for this issue was not appropriate I was permitted by the Hogwarts Governors to allow the students to attend the meeting," Amelia explained making Albus grind his teeth a little hating that the Governors had agreed to the request. Not only that but since it had been revealed that his weapon was now of age, Harry was among the number of students who were in attendance.

"Do you have any other issues that you would like to bring forward before I begin, Madam Umbridge?" Amelia asked doing her best not to glare at the woman.

"Yes I think this is all pointless it should be up to each person if they agree to be tested lest those nasty Goblin beasts use it as a way to worm their way into our accounts," Umbridge said making a "heartfelt" plea to the crowd.

"The Goblins mostly have access to everyone's accounts ready, but never interfere with them, why would they take advantage of this event to do so now?" Amelia asked.

"What do you mean this event?" Trenton Fudge asked from the Fudge family seat.

Knowing that the Minister was using his control of the Prophet to prevent the knowledge of what had happened at Hogwarts during the Champion's Selection from getting out, apart from who had been chosen as a Champion, Amelia was not surprised by the question. "For those of this body who do not have family members at Hogwarts, and might be confused about the real reason for this meeting let me explain. On the night of November first, when the Champions were selected something happened to the Goblet of Fire. Well, technically two things. First off a fourth Champion had been selected before said student after a day withdrew themselves from the tournament, but the event that most concerning for the people of this body was the Goblet unleashed a wave of Magic and removed blocks that had been in place to prevent the inhabitants from going through their Creature Inheritance.

These blocks were found to be so powerful that they had never appeared on any test a person might have taken either at St. Mungos or Gringotts previously. I have some paperwork from people who had undergone testing at both places before the Goblet's Cleansing Wave that collaborates this," Amelia said as she used a Magical Projector to show the results of several pairs of tests being done at the bank and main Healing House of the nation alongside the more recent test. The only information on the test that was changed was the Creature Blood that had been blocked and if they had a destined Creature Mate. For the privacy of all the tests, the names of the person the test was done on had been enchanted to make everyone forget it after it was removed from the projector. Thus allowing everyone to see the pair of tests were done on the same person each time.

"Despite the story about the Cleansing Wave not being reported in the Prophet many people still went to get tested at Gringotts after they received a letter from a family member at the school. That is how I learned about it as my Niece Susan informed me that our account manager came to see her shortly after the wave had been unleashed. Now due to my job as Head of the Ministries Magical Law Enforcement as well as the Chief Totem Gaurd for this body, I get tested at least twice a month, but as you can see the test did not reveal I have Creature Blood until the one I took recently at the bank," Amelia said putting her own several of the test she had taken over the years on the projector before adding her recent test before she got her Cleansing at the bank. Seeing the one woman who could challenge both Tom and him, had the Creature Inheritance of a Sphinx, made Albus even angrier than he already was which was saying something.

"One of the reasons I called for this meeting was to inform everyone who does not have a family member at Hogwarts for whatever reason of what has gone on, but also to end the campaign against Gringotts and their new protocol. I felt this must be done soon since I have been in contact with several branch managers who have threatened reprisals against the Ministry if the smear campaign continues much longer," Amelia said shooting a look towards Cornelius and Umbridge who she knew were the ones responsible for the campaign.

"As a free country, we have the right to say no to getting tested," Umbridge protested.

"I agree with you, Madam Umbridge but you also must understand that one also has to make an informed decision before doing so," Amelia said making Harry and several more cynical people in the room scoff at the idea that being completely informed of what was going on would change some people's minds. "Now some of you who had not heard about what happened at Hogwarts might have been contacted by Gringotts as they asked you to come into get Cleansed. I have been allowed to reveal to everyone why the Goblins are sending these messages out to some but not everyone."

"Just get on with it," Cornelius said as Amelia began to pull out a notice she had gotten from the Goblins to prove that they approved passing on the information to the entire Wizengamot.

"Alright," Amelia said as she pulled out a different form. "The reason why the bank is contacting certain individuals is due to Destined Creature Mates."

"What?" Argous Lehouse asked.

"Some Creatures Blooded Magicals have destined Mates, or to put it another way a chosen Mate that the Elder Ones choose for them.  However, since it appears that a couple of generations at least have for some reason had their Creature Blood Blocked, these chosen mates did not always find each other.  The main reason the bank might be trying to contact you and urge you to come in to get tested and Cleansed is due to having found your name as a Destined Mates of someone who has been tested.  From some accounts I have on this matter, it seems the Goblins are only Cleansing people once they can do everyone in a Mateship.  So by not going in to get Cleanses members of this body are, in fact, interfering with others' accounts and lives.  Sometimes more than just their Destined Mate," Amelia explained.

"What do you mane sometimes more than their so-called "Destined Mate?" Umbridge asked using her fingers to quote "destined mate."

"As I said, since people who might have gone through an inheritance had their Creature Side blocked off so it was never even mentioned in a test, someone could have married someone else.  As an example. say I was tested and it revealed my Destined Mate was... I don't know Arthur Weasley yet possibly either he or his wife Molly refused to get tested.  I could have only undergone a Cleansing if they both were tested.  And there could be the added wrinkle that Molly Weasley had her own Destined Mate with someone else who had not been tested it," Amelia said to a sudden silence as some people took her example as truth sending looks between her and Arthur Weasley seated in the Light Party section making everyone who had not been tested that Molly was not their Destined mate.

"You bring up some interesting ideas," Cornelius began only to be interrupted as people began to call out questions.

"How much does it cost?"

"What about the children of the non-Destined Mates who were born?"

"What caused the Goblet to do this in the first place?" along with countless other questions or fears the crowd began to think about.

"I do have some information about the cost of both the test and Cleansing Ritual," Amelia said making the flood of questions stop.  "I was informed by Bank Manager Ragnok of the Diagon Alley Branch, that they are not charging anyone at the moment for either procedure."

"WHAT?!?" many in the chamber cried out unable to believe it.

"Yes, I was told that the bill for each test and ritual the bank handles on this matter is being tallied up so they can level it against the person or group who are eventually found to be responsible for blocking everyone's Creature," Amelia reported making almost everyone gasp in shock thinking how much money the guilty person or party would eventually have to pay once they were discovered.  Albus, for once, was glad he was not in his proper place at the center of the hall as he felt himself sink low in his chair knowing that if he still somehow had access to Harry's vaults he would be unable to pay the Goblins if the nasty things discovered he had placed the enchantments on the Sorting Hat to block everyone's Creature Blood from emerging.  He made a promise to himself that as soon as he got back to Hogwarts he would remove all traces from the enchantments he had placed on the Hat.  Just in case someone decided to find a reason the Goblet was due to interacting with other magic while the thing had been stored in his office.

"As for any offspring that came about in families who now discovered that the parents had blocked Creature Blood, I don't feel it is within the Ministry or this body's right to have any say in it.  It should be and will be left to the families who have to deal with it," Amelia said.  "The Goblins from what I have been told are still looking into what caused the Goblet to unleash the Cleansing Wave."

"If you do not think it is without our rights to interfere with the families who have been affected by this why call the meeting in the first place?" Cornelius asked.

"No, I said in the case of families who have found they had Destined Mates and had children from their not-Mated partner, we had no right to get involved.  I think what we do need to do, however, is tell the population that if they received a letter from Gringotts telling them to go to the bank to get tested and Cleansed they need to do so."

"But that is taking their freedom to choose not to become a nasty beast away from them," Umbridge said making those who had been Cleansed after finding they had Creature Blood to glare at her.

"From a certain point of view it could be seen as such," Amelia admitted.  "But by someone not going to get Cleansed it takes a small degree of freedom from their Destined Mates.  And I am not even talking about interfering with the Elder One's chosen Matesships.  Say for instance if someone found out they had a Destined Mate who refused to undergo the Cleansing with them to unblock their Creature Blood, sometime in the future was exposed to a potion or a spell that would require them to undergo a Cleansing.  The Goblins, at least would refuse to do the Cleansing unless the Destined Mate agreed to get theirs done.  Thus leaving the person still enchanted or affected by the potion," Amelia said.

Hearing this argument several in the chamber called for a vote fearing it happening to them.  Or thinking that a person's Destined Mate if they did not agree to be tested or Cleansed might try to dose or enchant them with something to make sure they had to get Cleansed.  While many people voted against the Ministry ordering anyone contacted by the Bank to go get tested or Cleansed if ask, the majority agreed with it.  And without Albus unable to use his hidden veto since he was no longer the Chief Warlock the measure passed.

Since that was all Amelia had in mind for the meeting, after the vote had been passed and some Magicals who had undergone a Cleansing, so could be trusted to uphold the new measure put in charge of it the majority of the Wizengamot left the chambers.  The members of the Gray Party were asked to stay behind so they could choose a member of their number to become the new Chief Warlock.  However, after some candidates had been selected, the one that had the most people vote refused to take the post.  When asked for the reason Richard Greengrass just said that he refused the post due to its title since as a member of the Department of Mysteries was well aware that the word Warlock meant Oath Breaker or Deceiver.  Which he felt was not a proper title for someone who was meant to be the leader of the Wizengamot.  Thinking he had a point, the Gray Party removed the name Warlock from the documents and chose only to use the secondary title, Chief Wixen.

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After returning from the Wizengamot with other student-age members of the Governing body, Harry went to find Draco, Theo, and Blaise. As his new bondmates were only Heirs to their families, they had not been allowed to attend the Wizengamot Meeting, so Blaise and Theo had looked into some of the documents their families had sent them dealing with their Creature Side. Theo and Blaise had obtained the documents and family histories over the last couple of days, ever since Doc Zelenka mentioned that finding out about them might help them discover their role in the new Mateship they had been assigned to.

And while Theo was more introverted than anything, he found it easier to give news of such import as if he were giving a presentation during class. This led not only to Doc Zelenka from being there, but also to Cedric, Viktor, Fleur, and several other visiting students attending the 'presentation' in case they could help clarify things to the newly unblocked Creature Blooded students. Blaise just went along with it, knowing it would be easier for Theo if he could reveal what he had found during his research in such a way compared to just doing it between the four of them.

Using one of Hogwarts' numerous empty classrooms, the group had settled into place with Draco and Harry seated in the front row so they would not be blocked from view by the older visiting students who were attending. Knowing that Theo might also need some time to get his nerves under control, Blaise went first. Moving to the front of the room, Blaise took the notes he had made on his family's creature history and placed them on the speaker's lectern. "The first thing I found was that my mother's creature was not blocked due to her never attending Hogwarts. She went to Beauxbatons," he said, nodding at Fleur and the other students from his mom's old school. "My father, unfortunately, attended Hogwarts, so he did not go through a creature inheritance when he came of age.

Both my parents' families are High Elves, with my mother's side of the family having a connection with Foresta Umbra in Italy, while my dad's family was connected not to any forest area but the Rannoch Moors here in Scotland," Blaise said. He then used a magical projector to place a map on the board and pointed out both locations of the areas his families had connections to. "I was only two years old when my dad died, so I don't have many memories of him, but my mom told me about their courtship. She did say their Magic Sung to each other, so I hoped that was a sign they had been destined mates, even with my dad's creature side being blocked. She did inform me that due to his family working in the Rannoch Moors as part of their High Elf bond, that side of my family was rather fit and muscular," Blaise said absentmindedly, doing a small arm curl as he talked.

"My mother shared with me that a practice in her family was that when each baby was born, they would plant a tree, so that by the time the baby came of age, they could take care of it," Blaise said, putting a magical photo of the tree that his mother planted to celebrate his birth on the board. "My dad's side of the family had a different practice for a child's birth. From a letter I got from my paternal Grandmother, when a baby was born on that side of the family, they would move some stones into a ritual circle and perform a Midnight ceremony for the baby, sort of like a Christian Muggle's baptism. However, since my dad's creature had been blocked, I did not receive one after my birth," Blaise said, making some of the visiting students wince knowing that that could hurt his relationship with his dad's side of the family. Blaise reduced their concerns as he shared, "Thanks to the letter from both Gringotts and my mom, my Grandmother stated the next time I am home and the moon is in the same phase it would have been for my original ritual, she would perform it herself.

Grandmother states that, like most High Elves, my dad's side of the family is connected to nature, but since we have bonded our magic to the Rannoch Moors, we are more free range, I guess you could say," Blaise said.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"Most High Elves prefer not to travel far from their family's bonded land. Many never leave the country where they were born. The only exception is to seek out a mate, or mateship, before the newly bound couple/group decides where to live. If a High Elf ends up living with their new mate(s) in another country, they will find a way to get back home somewhere between four and seven times a year, depending on what High Elf Holy days they observe," Doc Zelenka explained.

"Well, due to my dad's creature being blocked, it made my parents' choice easier as he moved to Italy to join her. This somewhat upset my Grandmother and the other Zabini's since my dad only visited maybe once a year to celebrate the Yule and New Year, rather than leave my mom. This actually led me to enroll at Hogwarts, since he moved to Italy, as I saw attending the same school he did when he was younger would let me learn more about him. Not everything, since I had not even been aware that either of my parents had Creature Blood in their veins. Anyway, both my mom and my Grandmother have sent me the list of the High Elf Holy days that both sides of my family celebrate, which I still need to look into. If you would like to join me, Harry," Blaise said, looking right at the submissive male.

"Why, me?" Harry asked.

"Well, since we both had our High Elf blood recently unblocked and since your family has all passed, I thought if we looked through the list that my mom and Grandmother sent me, we could both learn about our creatures' holidays together," Blaise explained with a small blush in his cheeks.

"I guess that makes some sense," Harry admitted. "I would love to join you in looking into them."

"Thanks," Blaise said, the small patches of red on his dark-skinned cheeks reducing slightly as he continued his presentation. "Now unforutaly, due to my dad's side of the family being more physically active than other High Elves due to the type of land they bonded to, I was unable to find out if my strength is any indication of my position in our relationship," Blaise said, sending an apologetic look at Harry, Draco, and Theo. "I did find out that due to my mom's side of the family bonding land being a forest, there is a chance I have an affinity to plant-based magic, while my dad's side, due to their land being moors, means I could have skill in water and earth-based spells." At this news, all but Harry applauded him since Dumbles had made sure to keep Harry's knowledge of the Magical World as suppressed as he could. Thus, Harry was still learning about people having certain Magical Core types and had not even looked into elemental-based magic alignments and how such alignments were affected by a person's blood and family connections.

After informing them about his potential for plant, water, or earth-based magic, Blaise ended the report of what he had so far discovered about his creature side, letting Theo take over as the presenter. Theo tugged nervously at his shirt under his robes to straighten it a little as he moved to the lectern. "Unlike Blaise, my mother's side of the family did not contain any creature blood. My Fairy side comes from the Nott line. I would not ask my dad for information about our creature, even if the test revealed his Fairy had not been blocked," Theo said with such vehemence that some of the visiting students flinched back from him.

"My Grandfather Legvistus, on the other hand, was happy to share everything about that side of the family. It seems we once worked closely with the Fairy Royal Family, so if Harry had not been revealed to be my mate, my Grandfather might have been able to use some of his contacts to get a royal to help me change back. When my Grandfather retired from service and moved away from the Fairy Kingdom, thus began to show his age. He and my grandmother founded the Sycamore Academy. It was named after the Magical Sycamore Tree that the Royal Family had made their residence in.

He also explained that each Fairy in the position he worked had code names based on flowers. My Grandfather explained that while my dad had not gone through his inheritance and he expected I would not either, he would always use the flower that he had been named for when wrapping both my Yule and Birthday gifts. I did find out that it was thanks to my family's role in the Fairy Kingdom, which allowed my body, while my creature was fully activated, to give me the skills with a sword. It seems my family worked as guardsmen for the Royal family, and my Grandfather had once been the head guard before he retired and started his school.

Grandfather did inform me that while most Fairies, both Pure-Blooded and Creature-Blooded, have an affinity to plants, due to his posting as a guard and later head guard, he was trained in, as well as took part in a ritual to allow him to master another element. As such rituals have happened before within the Fairy Kingdom, he told me, it sometimes caused future generations to get the added element's affinity rather than the one tied to plants more commonly associated with Faries. So with my Fairy side unblocked, I may have an affinity with plant magic or possibly even storm magic," Theo said, making everyone gasp since storm magic was one of the three hardest elements one could master, even with a natural affinity to it.

My Grandfather due to his school and background in teaching, is a member of the Hogwarts Board of Governers, and he informed me that there has been some talk among the Goveners to allow students that are of age to visit Gringotts during our next Hogsmeade weekend to find out more about any changes that have come to our magic and bodies with our Creatures being unblocked. I, for one, can't wait to find out if I have the affinity to plant magic or storm magic. Possibly even both types since in my research, I have found that it is a possibility of it happening as it has done in other cases, like my Grandfather's.

Grandfather did mention that with my skills I gained in wielding a sword, even the foam one during the test, it shows I could have a position of power in my mateship and a possible future in the Fairy Kingdom's guard. Not that I would wish to join the guard, I would rather stick with my normal plan and become a teacher at my grandfather's school. Maybe even taking over when he eventually steps down," Theo shared, making Draco and Blaise look like they had expected nothing else from him, while some of the crowd were shocked that he would turn down such a prestigious role in his Creature Kingdom, knowing that guardsmen for Fairies were highly respected and beloved among their kind.

"My grandfather approves of this plan, since he loved becoming a teacher himself. He always told me that while protecting others was important that teachers taught their students right for a better and brighter future."

"And what does your father have to say?" one of the visiting students asked, making Draco and Blaise flinch a little as Theo's face hardened.

"He can go to hell, he actively joined Lord Dark and Dumb, not to protect Creature Rights or rituals that some called dark, no, my asshole of a father joined just so he could hurt people. I was glad when I ran away from home and moved in with my Grandfather, which led him to report the abuse my dad had done and send the bastard to Azkaban," Theo growled out his anger, getting the better of him, and he shifted into his Fairy form. Theo hovered angrily in the air for a moment before he was able to calm down enough to return to his human form.

Wanting to take Theo's mind off his father, Harry asked, "You said your grandfather used his old code name to use a certain flower to wrap you gifts for Yule and Birthday, what type of flower was it?"

Theo gave Harry a thankful smile as he answered, "My grandfather's codename was Tulip, which might seem odd for the head guard, but he always said he held it with pride. He used a rainbow of colors over the years for the tulips he wrapped my gifts in, even some he specially bred with magic to make them look like there were designs of lightning bolts on them. Which makes more sense now that I know that thanks to the ritual, when he became head guard, he gained storm magic affinity." Just like Blaise had shown the picture of the tree his mother had planted around his birth, Theo put pictures of the tulips his Grandfather had used in wrapping the gifts Theo got while growing up.

As Theo went through each tulip, and when he received them, Harry gave a small start. Which did not go unnoticed by those around him. "Is everything alright, Harry?" Doc Zelenka asked, worried about the picture on the board triggering the young man who had told him some of the 'work' he had to perform, living with his Non-Magical relatives. During his time seeing the young man, Harry had given the man permission to use his first name having never liked to be known by a title or his last name.

Rather than respond, Harry pulled out his school bag and dug around for a moment before pulling out a notebook. Turning to the most recently used notes, Harry looked up at the screen before looking to Blaise and then Draco. "Harry, is everything alright?" Draco asked, placing a hand comfortingly on Harry's shoulder and using some Angelic Healing just in case.

"The images I saw in the crystal ball," Harry muttered to himself.

"What?" Draco asked, leaning in, having barely heard what Harry had muttered.

"During the first Divination class, after everyone's creature side had been unblocked, Professor Trewlaney had us use her crystal balls again during the lesson. She did not really tell us anything but left us to our work. During the lesson, I saw the mist within the ball take on several shapes. At the end of the lesson, she told us that our assignment was to find out what the shapes had in common," Harry explained.

"And you reacted because of this from the tulpis my grandfather used on my gifts?" Theo asked, a little confused.

"The images I saw in the crystal ball were a pillow, someone saying something in profile, a flower, a tree, a harp, and then a sapling in that particular order. The flower that I saw in the mist resembles the tulip that your grandfather used on your most recent gift, the tree looks just like the one Blaise's mother planted for his birth, and currently looks like, and from the bits of Muggle religion that I know, Angels are often depicted with harps," Harry said.

"But that does not explain the other three images you saw," Draco said, knowing from the stories of his Godfather that the Divination instructor at Hogwarts was a fraud, apart from one particular prophecy. Which his godfather refused to tell him about.

"Actually, the last three images do make some sense if you think about it," Doc Zelenka said.

"What do you mean?" Theo asked, having never studied Divinations after hearing the older Slytherin students talk about the subject as it was currently taught at Hogwarts.

"Well, this is just a theory, mind you, since I am a healer, not a Seer, but the image of a pillow could be seen to represent young Harry's creature side having been dormant, or in other words, asleep, due to it being blocked. The image he has of a speaker could represent this moment since he recognized the possibility of your three symbols during this pseudo-lecture. And just like Heir Zabini's High Elf nature is shown by a tree, the sapling Harry mentioned could be the symbol for himself as a newly awakened High Elf who does not know his Creature Side's history, customs, or other such common knowledge," Doc Zelenka said, having noticed a look of confusion as Magical affinities had been brought up earlier.

"But Blaise was the one to present before Theo. Why are their symbols not in the correct order, if they are to represent us?" Draco asked.

"Considering as far as I know you had no plans to do a presentation on your creature side, Heir Malfoy, it could be that the images that Harry got during his crystal gazing showed off all your ranks in your Mateship," Doc Zelenka said. "After all, Heir Nott stated his family were members of the Fairy Kingdom's royal guard, and they were highly placed in the Fairy Society and oftentimes only allowed to be members if they were top dominants of their Mateships. Either that or in a co-leading role within the Mateship."

"So you are saying that even though there is no way to be sure or documentation to prove it, Harry's Creature side was able to determine where each of us would be in our Mateship's hierarchy?" Theo asked.

"Stranger things have happened," Doc Zelenka said.

"Especially around Harry," Draco muttered, but not softly enough, leading Harry to kick the blonde's shins, though not too hard to not cause Draco too much pain.